Port Elizabeth cop bust for illegally dealing in copper Warrant Officer Roger Mario Kivido was bust for illegally dealing in copper using a police vehicle. Image: Gareth Wilson
A Port Elizabeth police officer has been arrested for illegally dealing in copper using a police vehicle.
Warrant Officer Roger Mario Kivido, 53, stationed at the New Brighton police station, appeared in the New Law magistrate s court on Friday. Hawks spokesperson Capt Lloyd Ramovha said the directorate received a tipoff about Kivido’s alleged underhanded dealings four months ago and an investigation ensued.
“The Hawks serious organised crime investigation team received a tipoff on October 11 2020, regarding a police officer in full uniform, driving a marked police vehicle, who was selling copper cables at a local scrapyard along Grahamstown Road, in Port Elizabeth,” said Ramovha.