“That picture is not a real picture‚” said Roberts. “I have found a lawyer now … and I know who posted it. I am going get him to retract it and probably sue the police station.
“I was never arrested. I would rather not go into details. It is rather foolish.”
Roberts said he now worked as a carpenter and played football for an over-35s team just to “socialise”.
Cape Town police confirmed that a person called Wayne Roberts was arrested in May last year and fined for drug possession.
“Kindly be advised that the mentioned case CAS76/05/2017 is a possession-of-drugs case which was registered at Strandfontein SAPS for investigation on 2017-05-14 at 17:45. The suspect was found guilty in a court of law‚” said police spokesman FC Van Wyk.
Van Wyk said the accused was fined R1‚000.
Klate issued an apology for posting the image of Roberts. He said his intention “was merely to raise awareness rather than mock or tarnish the name of Mr Roberts”.