Pretoria - A civil claim against the police by former SA Defence Force soldier Willem Ratte failed in the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday.
Ratte lost his claim of R1.1m against the minister of police, and another four lost their claims of R609 181.
Ratte, Petrus Hermanus Visser, Wesley Bornman, Corne de Beer and Christopher Riaan Meyer filed the claims alleging that on 30 September 2010 police illegally searched, arrested, and detained them.