A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Durban policeman killed in the line of duty, police said on Monday.

Captain Khephu Ndlovu said Durban's Organised Crime Unit swooped on the suspect in northern KwaZulu-Natal's Nongoma area at the weekend, following a tip-off. The man was found in possession of a firearm suspected to be the murder weapon.

Inspector Simphiwe Manyoni had been assisting a woman who had opened a case of pointing a firearm in Durban's Umlazi suburb last week when he was shot in the head. He died on the scene.

Sapa