Philipsburg:--- Businessman and former detective Etienne Meyers better known as Toochi Meyers filed a complaint with the police internal affairs on Thursday in the presence of his lawyer Cor Merx against some arresting officers.Meyers told SMN News that he was driving along Longwall Road on Thursday shortly after leaving a funeral with his nephew Tyrone Meyers in his vehicle. The businessman said suddenly a host of police officers in their Zero Tolerance uniforms surrounded his car and arrested his nephew.
The businessman said while he has no problem with the officers carrying out their duties he did not think he should be subjected to such humiliation where officers pointed a number of guns at his vehicle. Meyers said the police told him they had nothing against him but they would have to search his vehicle since the wanted man in his vehicle is considered to be armed and dangerous.
SMN News learnt that officers of the law was staking out the Royal Funeral home where the funeral ceremony of Auggie was taking place and it appeared as though the officers were looking for Tyrone Meyers whom they said was walking around with a gun to go after the assailants of his best friend Auggie.
Press prosecutor Rienk Mud confirmed the arrest of Meyers. Mud said details of the investigation could not be released but admitted that the investigation had something to do with firearms.