Polygraph “errors” exonerate cop in Hawks 200m cocaine theft
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 4 June 2026 · 10m
Speaker 1: Everything you need to start your day. We all have a voice, use yours call Speaker 1: OH to one double four six, five six seven, join the conversation. OK, talk to Speaker 1: some of us. Polygraphs are a black and white measure of the truth versus fiction. Speaker 1: Of course, they're not legally admissible in court, but they are used and can be Speaker 1: used as a very important detection or detective tool. Now, there was some dramatic testimony Speaker 1: at the Midlanga Commission that shown that even polygraphs case tests can be manipulated when Speaker 1: in the hands of the wrong or maybe even the untrained person. A veteran Hawks Speaker 1: investigator, Carl Sander, was previously told that he had shown signs of deception in a Speaker 1: polygraph examination was linked to the theft of five hundred and forty one kilograms of Speaker 1: cocaine and more than two hundred million rands from a Hawk storage facility in case Speaker 1: it in But however, evidence before the Commission now revealing that the examiner made serious Speaker 1: procedural errors that then rendered the test invalid and it effectively cleared cunder of any Speaker 1: suspicion. This is what came out of the Midlandon Commission listened to. Speaker 2: This during the administrative review process. The reviewer went through all documents and found that Speaker 2: the polygraph examiner had made serious errors during the polygraph examination process. Reviewers report is Speaker 2: attached. Which is the unsigned one. We will see if it is the signed one. Speaker 2: Now, a non conformance was opened and investigated against the polygraph examiner. The test was Speaker 2: considered invalid so that the examinee was not prejudiced by the errors…
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