Free State

THABONG - Members of Crime Intelligence received information from residents of Thabong about a male person who was in possession of a firearm. The information was operationalised by the Provincial Anti-Gang Unit, whereby a room in a hostel was searched, earlier today. During the search, a 9mm firearm with the serial number clearly visible and [...]

PARKWEG - The Tactical Response Team arrested a suspect with a rifle after receiving intelligence-led information. On Wednesday 23 August 2023 at about 22:45, members of the Parkroad TRT Section 5 received intelligence led information about a person in possession of an unlicensed firearm at a block of flats in Brandwag. The team quickly acted [...]

VREDE – Police in Vrede, businesses and the local community jointly overpowered two suspects from Gauteng Province who attempted to commit business robbery at a certain shop owned by a foreign national. It's alleged that on 23 August 2023 at about 16:45, the foreign businessman and his two employees were inside the shop behind the [...]

ZAMDELA - Zamdela police seek public assistance in finding a missing man named Mkhosandile Mngciyase, aged 27. Mkhosandile was reportedly last seen on Monday, 31 July 2023 at about 05:00. His father reported that he left Mkhosandile at their home in Zamdela and upon his return in the evening, his son was not home and [...]

DEWETSDORP - Parkweg Stock Theft Unit, working together with the Bloemfontein Flying Squad, arrested four people for stock theft near Dewetsdorp. Bloemfontein Flying Squad on Wednesday 23 August 2023 at about 03:00 received information to be on the lookout for a white Toyota Quantum taxi, possibly having stolen livestock in it. The team operationalised the [...]

FREE STATE - Mzikayise Mokoena (37) appeared before the Welkom Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 18 August 2023 where he was convicted and sentenced for theft of optic fibre cable. On 17 January 2023, the CEO of MTD Civil Network Planning company received an alert from a tracking device affixed to optic fibre cable which was [...]

BLOEMFONTEIN - The police at Parkweg are looking for the suspect in a murder case that occurred in Memorial Road, Uitsig near Bloemfontein. On Friday 18 August 2023, members attended to a scene near Women's War Museum at about 18:00 and found a white male with a stab wound lying at the roadside. The paramedics [...]

HENNENMAN - A woman was hacked to death on 17 August 2023 at about 05:20 at a house in Phomolong, Hennenman. The suspect is allegedly on the run. The deceased was certified dead on arrival at Bongani Hospital. A case of murder was registered for further investigation. The investigation team in Hennenman is appealing to [...]

ODENDAALSRUS - Three suspects aged between 23 and 45 are expected to make a brief court appearance before Welkom and Odendaalsrus Magistrate Court, for attempted murder and possession of drugs following their arrest on Wednesday, 16 August 2023. Members of the Welkom Public Order Policing were busy following up on information about a suspect who [...]

EXCELSIOR - The Excelsior police have arrested 11 protesters at Mahlatswetsa near Excelsior following public violence in which a road was barricaded with stones and burning tyres. It's alleged that on Wednesday, 16 August 2023 at 06:50 Excelsior police were informed about 50 people blocking road with stones and burning tyres at Mahlatswetsa Township, Excelsior. [...]

On 12 August 2023 two attackers attacked Rita Jordaan (73) on a farm in Koffielaagte, Heuningspruit, Kroonstad district. She was attacked in an outbuilding by...

THABA NCHU - Two suspects are expected to appear in the Thaba Nchu Magistrate Court today after they were arrested for corruption and defeating the ends of justice. On Friday 11 August 2023 at about 21:30, Selosesha Public Order Policing members arrested a 28-year-old male at a house in Zone 4, Selosesha and found 42 [...]