Arrest or confiscation? Police descend on suspended Deputy Police Commissioner's home

Members of the National Intervention Unit, Special Task Force, and Crime Intelligence are inside the Centurion home of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, Shadrack Sibiya.

Sibiya arrived with his attorney on Thursday afternoon. The pair was consulting ahead of his appearance before Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee next week when he received the call to come home.

It is understood that the police officers are there to either effect Sibiya's arrest or confiscate electronic items.

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At least 50 members, some heavily armed with rifles and attached to South Africa's most specialised units, have descended on Sibiya's Centurion residence, which is surrounded by high walls.

The operation may lead to his arrest or the confiscation of cellphones.

While it remains unclear what the motive is behind the operation being carried out at Sibiya's home, sources close to the top cop claim it could be related to a warrant of arrest for defeating the ends of justice or the confiscation of personal electronic devices from him.

Sibiya's name has featured prominently during testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry and Parliament's ad hoc committee.

Both bodies are probing allegations of criminal and political interference within the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Sibiya stands accused of having ignored protocol and issued an instruction to have 121 dockets being investigated by the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team transferred to his office.

Last month, he was suspended by the National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola regarding the dockets saga.

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has also accused Sibiya of having links to criminal cartels operating in Gauteng, although no evidence has been provided to corroborate such claims.