Flynn outlines forensic request process in drug busts at Madlanga Commission [SOUND]

# The Hawks’ Head of Serious Organised Crime Investigations Hendrik Flynn has told the Madlanga Commission that mechanisms exist to prioritise forensic analysis. Addressing a probe into the 2021 disappearance of cocaine worth about 200-million-rand from a Hawks facility in Port Shepstone, Flynn said there is no strict requirement for written requests to the Forensic Science Laboratory, though it is preferable. He emphasised bulk drug seizures must be treated as urgent investigations: