Operation Vala Umgodi team arrests six suspects for conspiracy to commit crime of illicit mining and aiding illegal underground miners

Operation Vala Umgodi team arrests six suspects for conspiracy to commit...

A joint team of South African Police Service and South African National Defense Force members deployed for Operation Vala Umgodi in the Free State...
Farmer in the dock for allegedly setting his own grain harvester on fire

Farmer in the dock for allegedly setting his own grain harvester...

A fraud case dating back to 2016 has been successfully cracked by the Provincial Commercial Crime Investigation Unit (CCIU) in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District...
Operation Vala Umgodi team continues to deal with crimes related to illicit mining

Operation Vala Umgodi team continues to deal with crimes related to...

Joint Operation Vala Umgodi team that includes the South African Police Service, South African National Defence Force and Department of Home Affairs continue to...
Brother's dispute over injured dog turns deadly

Brother’s dispute over injured dog turns deadly

A 29-year-old man from a farm near Warden, has been arrested by Harrismith police for the alleged murder of his brother following a violent...
Bloemfontein CBD robbery, two arrested, victims urged to come forward

Bloemfontein CBD robbery, two arrested, victims urged to come forward

Parkweg police have apprehended two suspects in connection with a violent robbery captured in a chilling video currently circulating on social media. The incident...
Farmer loses over R2,8 million in an investment scam

Farmer loses over R2,8 million in an investment scam

Acting Provincial Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) Brigadier Paulus Mbongo would like to warn the public about putting their hard-earned...
Farm murder in Thaba Nchu

Manhunt launched following farm murder in Thaba Nchu

On 20 March 2025, at approximately 02:00 police were summoned to a farm outside Thaba Nchu for reports of murder. It is alleged that...
Parkweg police on a hunt for two gunmen who shot and killed a cyclist on the N1

Parkweg police on a hunt for two gunmen who shot and...

manhunt has been launched and community assistance is sought after two males were attacked and one shot dead on the N1 near Southpark dumping...
Vehicle Check Point (VCP) operation conducted at Heilbron

Vehicle Check Point (VCP) operation conducted at Heilbron on the R57

On Friday, 14 March 2025, the Fezile Dabi District Office, Corporate Communications, and various police stations from Fezile Dabi District conducted a successful Vehicle...
Hawks secure a R320 000.00 forfeiture order

Hawks secure a R320 000.00 forfeiture order

The Free State High Court granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) and the Hawks' Priority Crime Specialised Investigation (PCSI) a...
Porsche Cayenne

Free State – SAPS Successful Joint Operation Leads to Arrests and...

On 07 March 2025, the Fezile Dabi Trio Task Team, Parys Crime Intelligence Gathering (CIG) Unit, Sasolburg Highway Patrol, and Parys Traffic Officials worked...
Operation Vala Umgodi operators dig deep to retrieve gold processing cylinders

Operation Vala Umgodi operators dig deep to retrieve gold processing cylinders

Bubbles from beneath stagnant sewage water attracted vigilant operators to discover new ways of hiding gold processing equipment in G-Hostel, Thabong. Operation Vala uMgodi...