Provincial commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has expressed concern after a video circulated showing police officers blaring their marked vehicle siren after receiving an aphrodisiac drink from a hawker.
The video seen by IOL shows a street vendor, carrying a drink in a five-litre container interacting with police officers sitting in a marked SAPS bakkie.
The video has been circulating on various social media platforms.
The video showcased the police officials allegedly from Vhembe district participating in a marketing campaign of a hawker by utilising SAPS marked vehicle and siren, said Limpopo provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba.
The hawker was also seen giving the officers a drink and requesting them to use the police vans siren in the process.