Feroz Khan.

Major-General Feroz Khan — Deputy Head, SAPS Crime Intelligence

Major-General Feroz Khan — SAPS Deputy Head of Crime Intelligence; arrested May 2026 on corruption and unlawful precious-metals charges

South African Police Service (SAPS) — Crime Intelligence Division; Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks); National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)

Record Source

SAPS arrest record and charge sheet (May 2026); Johannesburg High Court urgent application papers; NPA filings (corruption, defeating the ends of justice, unlawful dealing and possession of unwrought precious metals); contemporaneous reporting (News24, Daily Maverick, EWN, SABC News)

Integrity Status

contested — Khan denies wrongdoing; criminal matter pending; previously cleared in internal SAPS disciplinary inquiry on 2021 cocaine bust

Network Role

career covert intelligence officer — alleged ‘political fixer’ within Crime Intelligence; senior co-accused alongside Gauteng Hawks head Major-General Ebrahim Kadwa and a civilian businessman

Correlation Links

linked to Major-General Ebrahim Kadwa (Gauteng Hawks head, co-accused); civilian co-accused intercepted at O.R. Tambo International Airport with ~76g unwrought gold (2021); R700m cocaine seizure controversy (2021); SAPS Crime Intelligence covert-operations apparatus

Theme

A career SAPS intelligence officer — risen from constable (1991) to Major-General (2017) and Deputy Head of Crime Intelligence — arrested in May 2026 on corruption, defeating the ends of justice, and unlawful dealing in unwrought precious metals. The field records the rank, the alleged airport gold-corroboration call, the seized devices, and the failed urgent High Court bid to block police access to the data — without verdict.

Evidence

SAPS arrest docket and charge sheet (May 2026); customs and SARS records from O.R. Tambo (2021) on the ~76g unwrought gold interception; seized electronic devices (cell phones, iPad), a firearm and ammunition from Khan’s Johannesburg residence; Johannesburg High Court urgent application papers and order striking the matter off the roll

Timeline

1991 — joins SAPS as a constable. 2017 — promoted to Major-General; assigned across covert, operational and undercover Crime Intelligence units. 2021 — implicated in controversy around R700m cocaine seizure; civilian (later co-accused) stopped at O.R. Tambo with ~76g unwrought gold, allegedly claiming to work undercover for Khan; Khan allegedly corroborates this by phone. 2021–2025 — cleared in internal SAPS disciplinary inquiry on the cocaine matter; accusations of being a Crime Intelligence ‘political fixer’ persist. May 2026 — arrested alongside Major-General Ebrahim Kadwa (Gauteng Hawks head) and a businessman on corruption, defeating the ends of justice, and unlawful dealing in unwrought precious metals; residence raided; devices, firearm and ammunition seized; urgent Johannesburg High Court application to block access to seized data struck off the roll.

Status

active — criminal charges pending; Khan in legal proceedings; SAPS Crime Intelligence post under scrutiny

Outcome

unresolved — no conviction at time of cataloguing; previously cleared internally on 2021 cocaine matter; high court bid to retrieve seized devices struck off the roll

Sources

• News24 — Crime Intelligence boss Feroz Khan arrested
• Daily Maverick — Feroz Khan and Ebrahim Kadwa arrest coverage
• EWN — SAPS Crime Intelligence deputy head Khan in court
• SABC News — Khan’s high court bid to block device access struck off roll

Archive Notes

Catalogued on the IMPIMPI side as a structural-power case file at the apex of SAPS Crime Intelligence. Facts on file: (1) Major-General rank since 2017; Deputy Head of Crime Intelligence at time of arrest; (2) May 2026 arrest with Major-General Ebrahim Kadwa (Gauteng Hawks head) and a civilian businessman on corruption, defeating the ends of justice, and unlawful dealing and possession of unwrought precious metals; (3) prosecutors allege civilian co-accused was intercepted at O.R. Tambo (2021) with ~76g unwrought gold and claimed undercover status for Khan, which Khan allegedly corroborated by phone to secure release; (4) post-arrest raid on Johannesburg residence — cell phones, iPad, firearm and ammunition seized; (5) urgent Johannesburg High Court application to halt police access to seized data — argued risk to undercover agents — struck off the roll; (6) previously implicated in R700m cocaine seizure controversy (2021), cleared in internal disciplinary inquiry; (7) prior accusations of operating as a ‘political fixer’ within Crime Intelligence.