Cape Town – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Friday said he would speak with the justice department about changing the laws around search warrants, saying police should have the right to search properties as they see fit.
"A criminal cannot ask us about the warrant, when he says the warrant, we must say, here is the warrant," Mbalula said.
"We [the police] must have a right to search criminals anytime we want."
Mbalula said, once arrested, criminals should not leave the judicial system scot-free.
"The law in this country cannot reward criminals, it must be totally unfair when it comes to criminals," he said.
"Criminals must not use the Constitution and human rights to terrorise our people. We’ve got to look at that as lawmakers, how do we make the laws to bite, to make criminals run."