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were prosecuted in a normal court.  
	Lucas Khimelo and the other members of Koevoet waited 
in this dirt road.  They had their own vehicle there.  They 
would then meet the weapon smugglers there.  Approximately 
seven o'clock that evening, this vehicle had not arrived.  
The command was given by Willie Nortje that we must retreat 
and we went to Schoemaas, that was the police base close-by 
where we stayed and we went there to rest.  We started 
drinking at the canteen and we used a lot of alcohol.  I was 
under the influence of alcohol during the further events.  
	Later that evening Lucas Khimelo and his members came 
back to Schoemaas.  They then first called Lucas Nortje and 
somebody else to the side and the others of us were later on 
called and we had a meeting.  There were quite many of us, 
of Koevoet members from C10, from Vlakplaas as well as task 
force members and also the local security branch members.  
Later that evening we were told by Lucas Khimelo that him 
and the Koevoet members drove into the smugglers.  When they 
drove into them the smugglers told them to go into a double 
track road because they didn't want to be in the main dirt 
road there, because it was carrying heavy traffic.  Khimelo 
followed them and told us that the smugglers had weapons in 
their car and that they were afraid that they would be 
robbed by these people.  They then decided to eliminate 
these people by shooting them.  Because the police action 
during that stage was sensitive and because C1 Vlakplaas 
used ex-Koevoet members, this evoked a lot of criticism from 
the National Party and it was a problem.  After the 
smugglers have been shot,  Khimelo returned and told us what 
had happened.  First Cronje and Klopper and then us. It was 
then discussed and we planned the operation.
CAPE TOWN HEARING	AMNESTY/