Crime Intelligence failed to provide Hawks with grabbers to curb crime [SOUND]

# Former Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya has told the Madlanga Commission that Crime Intelligence failed to provide the Hawks with access to grabbers needed for kidnapping and cash-in-transit robbery investigations. Lebeya said the Hawks had requested dedicated capacity from Crime Intelligence from 2018, but the request was unsuccessful. He said the arrangement required Hawks investigators to submit dockets for approval before the equipment could be deployed: