Search for missing officers ends in tragedy

THE three police officers who went missing last week are among the five bodies recovered from the Hennops River in Centurion, SAPS National Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, confirmed last night.

- SIMON MAJADIBODU

Speaking during a media briefing at the river, Masemola said the bodies of Constable Keamogetswe Buys, Constable Boipelo Senoge, and Constable Cebekhulu Linda had been identified by their families at the Tshwane mortuary.

"It has been a difficult six days for members of the South African Police Service and affected families, as we searched everywhere for our three missing police officers," Masemola said.

The trio was last seen in the early hours of Thursday at a petrol station near the Grasmere Toll Plaza on the N1 in Gauteng.

Their vehicle, a Volkswagen Polo hatchback with registration number JCL 401 FS, along with their cellphones and tracking device, were switched off after they left the station.