TUESDAY, 3.00PM:
A SENIOR official of vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad), Adeeda Roberts, was arrested at dawn on Tuesday after a surprise police raid found a top-secret intelligence document in her home.
The document was found by police during a surprise search for weapons and ammunition by police in the early hours of the morning. No guns were found, but police arrested her anyway once the document was discovered.
Pagad has accused the police of acting illegally, claiming the police search warrant did not allow for a search for papers. However, police responded on Tuesday that the search for the document — apparently addressed to President Nelson Mandela — fell ”within the ambit of the warrant”.
Roberts has been charged under the Official Secrets Act, and will appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.