SAPS September stats for serious crimes in province
In dealing with serious and violent crimes committed with firearms including house robberies, hijacking and business robberies, police in Gauteng have seized 345 firearms,...
Shootout: Police foil business robbery, arrest 4, Sebokeng
Police arrested four suspects and recovered two pistols and a rifle following a foiled business robbery in Sebokeng on Thursday, 14 April 2022.
Police crime...
New vehicles, motorbikes for SAPS to curb festive season crime
The Premier of Gauteng, Mr David Makhura handed over new high powered motorbikes and vehicles to law enforcement agencies.
They will be used during...
Theft of Eskom copper cables, 2 handed hefty sentences, Tshwane
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has welcomed the successful conviction and sentencing of two men who were arrested for stealing copper cables...
Five life sentences for Gauteng’s serial rapist
Gauteng Police Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Deliwe de Lange has hailed the sentencing and conviction of serial rapist, Charles Mthetwa on Friday as a...
Rape and murder of girl (6), accused handed 2 life terms...
National Child Protection Week (29 May-5 June) is commemorated annually to remind us that all children need to be protected against neglect, abuse, violence...
Man shot and killed whilst responding to robbery at neighbors
On Saturday, December 2, 2107, a male victim was shot and killed while responding to a neighbor’s call for help with a robbery on...
Dealing in Pangolin, police officer arrested, Johannesburg
Two men, aged 37 and 52, charged with illegal dealing in pangolin and contravention of the National Environmental Management-Biodiversity (NEMBA) Act, appeared in the...
484 suspects arrested over weekend, Gauteng
With the Safer Festive Season Operations in the final phase, about 484 suspects were arrested over the weekend of 6 and 7 January 2018,...
97 Illegal miners and farm owner arrested, Heidelberg
A national multidisciplinary team established to clamp down on illicit mining activities have arrested ninety-seven illegal miners and a sixty-two-year-old farm owner in Heidelberg,...
Sunnyside hijacking, man arrested vehicle recovered, Mamelodi
A joint crime prevention operation between the South African Police Service and their Metro police counterpart ensured that one hijacker is removed from our...
‘Loan sharks’ – 300 SASSA and bank cards and cash recovered,...
On Thursday, 4 August 2022 police in Gauteng apprehended 31 suspects at Springs Mall in Selection Park, Springs for the contravention of the Social...
