FCS unit secures 20 convictions including 4 life sentences, KZN
Detectives from the KwaZulu-Natal Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit embarked on various operations from 1 March 2021 to 31 March 2021....
Bodies of mother and daughter found in a suitcase
Sthembiso Lamula (41) appeared in the Pinetown Magistrates’ Court on 9 April 2021 facing two counts of murder and kidnapping and was remanded in...
Dagga valued at two million rand seized by police, Gluckstadt
The Vryheid Crime Intelligence, K9 Unit and Task Team acted on information about a vehicle suspected of transporting dagga in the Vryheid area on...
Defrauding Department of Public Works of R15 millon, accused appears in...
On Monday, 12 April 2021 Hawks members from Durban Serious Corruption Investigation arrested Pragasen Pillay (68) for fraud which happened in Pietermaritzburg.
Pillay allegedly defrauded...
Umlazi post office robbery: Hawks track down suspect
On Saturday, 10 April 2021, Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime arrested an 18-year-old suspect for business robbery which happened at Mega Philani...
Farm murder: Neil Mackay, who was in a wheelchair, brutally murdered,...
A farm murder took place on Friday morning 9 April 2021, on a farm on the Skietsdrif Road area in Winterton, in the KwaZulu...
Fraud and corruption: Another eThekwini EPWP accused sentenced
Robert Nkosi was sentenced to three years imprisonment which is suspended for five years on Friday, 9 April 2021 and also ordered to pay...
Escalating crime in Plessislaer, more police deployed
Following his arrival in KwaZulu-Natal, the recently appointed Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made it his first order of business to turnaround the...
Carjacking kidnapper sentenced to 12 imprisonment, PNT
Ayanda ‘Scara’ Zaca (18) appeared before the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on charges of carjacking and kidnapping. He was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and...
R3.5 mil worth of drugs en route Durban, recovered in Camperdown
An intelligence driven operation was conducted on the morning of 8 April 2021, by police officers from the Pietermaritzburg K9 Unit, Crime Intelligence and...
Police officer shot and killed, another critically wounded, Nkandla
On the night of 7 April 2021, at 21:30, police officers from Nkandla SAPS acted on intelligence about a man who was in unlawful...
Rape of boy (12), accused sentenced to 15 years, Durban
The Durban Regional Court convicted and sentenced an 18-year-old rapist to 15 years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old boy.
On 19 June 2018, the victim...
