Court Case of 2 Suspects in the Precious Stones Case Investigated by Ipid Postponed to 16 July 2026

By Lizzy Suping
IPID Spokesperson

The case of two suspects arrested by IPID on 4 and 5 July 2026, for their unlawful conduct in the alleged raid of a property and seizure of precious stones valued at just under R15 million in Killarney Johannesburg, has been postponed to 16 July 2026 for a formal bail application by the Johannesburg Magistrate Court.

When the investigation began, there were six suspects.

Three were from EMPD, one from JMPD, one from Gauteng Traffic Police and a businessman man who allegedly presented himself as a police officer during the raid.

The sixth suspect has since died.

The pair, EMPD Officer Constable Adriaan Norman Mackenzie and Businessman Etienne van der Walt are part of the 5 suspects who are facing a charge of corruption because of their conduct in the alleged raid and theft of precious stones.

EMPD officers conducted an investigation outside their area of jurisdiction while a JMPD officer who based in VIP protection does not conduct any investigations in terms of her work responsibilities and the businessman impersonated a police officer during the raid.

Over the weekend, IPID had to effect 3 warrants of arrests however only two suspects were apprehended.

Our team consisting of IPID and TRT is in pursuit of the third suspect who is still on the run.

The arrest of the remaining two suspects out of five is imminent.