3 February 2010, 23:57

Two police officers were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing cigarettes from Somali tuck shop owners in Milnerton, Cape Town, Western Cape police said.

The constables were arrested following a tip-off, Senior Superintendent Billy Jones said in a statement.

They were arrested in their homes in Mitchells Plain and Somerset West and cigarettes worth R3 500 were seized.

The pair allegedly stole the cigarettes and R1 000 in cash from two Somali-owned shops in Milnerton while on duty on Tuesday night at around 9pm.

The cash had not been recovered yet.

The two would appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Friday. Internal disciplinary steps were being instituted. - Sapa