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Operation Shanela tightens the grip on crime, Northern Cape

Operation Shanela tightens the grip on crime, Northern Cape

The high density "Operation Shanela", netted 148 arrests for an array of crimes while a further 133 daily wanted suspects were traced by detectives across the province this past week in the Northern Cape. Police actions were executed from Monday, 18 September 2023 to Sunday, 24 September 2023 and comprised of stop and searches, vehicle [...]
Gqeberha K9 and Flying Squad arrest suspects for damage to infrastructure

Gqeberha K9 and Flying Squad arrest suspects for damage to infrastructure

The theft and damage of copper and steel cables hampers the provision of basic services and impacts on the infrastructure hence the South African Police embraces the fact that the community is standing together in this fight by providing information and assisting police in apprehending suspects. Five suspects were arrested in two unrelated cases in [...]
Provincial Commissioner orders manhunt for alleged thugs who stabbed a community member

Provincial Commissioner orders manhunt for alleged thugs who stabbed a community...

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has ordered Police to urgently launch a manhunt for community members who apprehended an alleged thug and, instead of calling Police, brutally attacked and killed him. According to the information, a male person suspected of being involved in a robbery [...]
Police in Limpopo wage war against drugs and illicit cigarettes

Police in Limpopo wage war against drugs and illicit cigarettes

A 48-year-old suspect is expected to appear before Mookgopong Magistrates Court on Tuesday 26 September 2023 facing charges of possession of illicit cigarettes. The suspect was on Saturday 23 September 2023 stopped and searched at Roedtan . He was found in possession of illicit cigarettes loaded into the vehicle he was driving, and the suspect [...]
Westernburg police launch manhunt for unknown male suspect for murder

Westernburg police launch manhunt for unknown male suspect for murder

The Police in Westernburg have launched a manhunt for unknown male suspect for allegedly killing a fellow patron outside the tavern at Seshego Extention 78 in the early hours of Sunday 24 September 2023 According to the information two male patrons had an altercation while in a tavern at around 23:50 when the 30-year-old man [...]
Work underway to resolve KZN water woes

Work underway to resolve KZN water woes

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it is working tirelessly to assist municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal that are facing water challenges. This after the...
Elderly house robbery victim succumbs to injuries, suspects arrested

Elderly house robbery victim succumbs to injuries, suspects arrested

SAPS Jeffreys Bay detectives arrested two suspects days after a 82-year-old Jeffreys Bay resident was attacked and severely assaulted in his house between 12 and 13 September 2023. It is alleged that on 13 September 2023, the elderly man was found by his daughter lying on the floor with his hands bound. He sustained injuries [...]
Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit arrests a Sergeant for theft

Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit arrests a Sergeant for theft

The North West Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena commended the Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit (ACIU) for the arrest of Sergeant Tshepang Magodielo, aged 44. The accused who is attached to the Rustenburg Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit was arrested on Wednesday, 20 September 2023. Reportedly, Magodielo claimed R12 000.00 on behalf [...]
Two suspects apprehended for allegedly attempting to smuggle eight illegal immigrants

Two suspects apprehended for allegedly attempting to smuggle eight illegal immigrants

Members of the Provincial Tracking Team, Crime Intelligence Unit in collaboration with Private Security have arrested two suspects aged 27 and 37 in connection with human smuggling. The suspects' vehicle was intercepted along the N1 North road, in Polokwane on Friday, 22 September 2023. According to reports, the Police promptly acted on intelligence about foreign [...]
Thabazimbi Regional Court convicted and sentenced two accused for house robbery, burglary and contravention of Immigration Act

Thabazimbi Regional Court convicted and sentenced two accused for house robbery,...

Thabazimbi Regional Court has on Friday 22 September 2023, convicted and sentenced two accused, Monyamane Retselisitsoe 33-year-old and Ramothibedi Bernard Mogorosi 50-year-old to 22 years imprisonment each for house robbery, burglary and Contravention of Immigration Act at Smashhoek Extension 8 Thabazimbi Waterberg District. The court heard that on Friday 27 December 2019 at 20:50, the [...]
The Provincial Commissioner welcomes the court appearance of four suspects involved in torching a state vehicle

The Provincial Commissioner welcomes the court appearance of four suspects involved...

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has welcomed the arrest of suspects who were allegedly involved in the torching of the Police vehicle at Thohoyandou Police Station. The arrest and subsequent court appearance of these suspects follow incidents of public violence that erupted on the University [...]
Suspect nabbed after high speed chase, reportedly hijacked car recovered

Suspect nabbed after high speed chase, reportedly hijacked car recovered

A suspect (46) from Mozambique was arrested after a high-speed chase and thanks to law enforcement agencies in Delmas which led to his capture on Friday, 22 September 2023 around 12:55. A white Single Cab Mahindra bakkie which was reportedly hijacked at Westonaria (in Gauteng Province) was recovered during the arrest. According to a report, [...]