MEMBERS OF ILLEGAL ORGANIZATION
ARREST OF POLICEMEN IN TRANSVAAL
(Rec. 5.30 p.m.) CAPE TOWN, Jan. 21. Colonel Baston, Police Commissioner, in an official statement said: The arrests of 400 policemen revealed that there was ample evidence that the detained men were members of the Stojm Troop division of the Ossewabrandwag. The arrests followed a volunteer brigade’s swoop on scores of Transvaal police stations. Dangerous weapons were seized, including bombs. The arrested men include a large number of young men who may have been carried away and misled. They could not be trusted to carry out the efficient protection of the public or the maintenance of law and order. The Minister of Justice (the Hon. Colin Steyn) declared that he was confident that the Leibrandt gang had been finally smashed. , The mass arrests followed the discovery of plots to sabotage gold mines and war industries. Military and civil guards are replacing the arrested men. It is expected that the purge will be extended to other Government departments.
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Southland Times, Issue 24650, 23 January 1942, Page 5
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