POLICE Minister Bheki Cele has disposed of over 30 000 litres of illegal alcohol.
The booze was confiscated by police from people who are illegally selling booze around Cape Town.
Cele, who was accompanied by his deputy Cassel Mathale and national police commissioner Fani Masemola, addressed cops in Belhar, Cape Town, on yesterday, 18 July, before he walked around the storeroom where the confiscated alcohol had been stored.
“I never find expensive stuff here. I can’t see a single Johnnie Walker here, even the cheapest Johnnie Walker,” said Cele as he laughed with the cops.
The minister said he wanted to see even the expensive booze such as Glenfiddich in the storeroom.
With a huge smile on his face, Cele started to pour the booze into the tanks that were provided for disposing the booze.
“I wonder what is inside here? Let me flush it down the drain,” he said as he poured some Jameson into the tank. “Hamba utshwala!” Cele said.
While addressing the cops, Cele said Tata Nelson Mandela spent years in prison to improve the lives of ordinary people.
He urged the cops to do everything possible to work with communities to fight crime.
Cele said Mandela was not alone when he was fighting for the liberation of South Africa, but he worked with other people.
“People always think that he was alone. He was not alone. He had many other citizens working together with him,” said Cele.
The minister told officers that if they wanted to be successful in executing their duties, they must always work with communities.
“Once you work with communities, results are faster and better.
“This is what happened in Alexandra where criminals moved around shooting and killing innocent people. “Because of the community’s involvement, on the same night, we received information of where the seven suspects were sleeping and we arrested them,” Cele said.
