Six Orkney drug dealers arrested
Six suspects appeared before the Orkney Magistrates’ Court on 31 July 2019, for allegedly dealing in drugs and unlawful possession of ammunition (Firearms Control...
Farm attack, son woken and assaulted with wrench, Roodekoppies
A farm attack took place on 19 September 2019, in Roodekoppies, Brits, North West province. The owners son was woken by two attackers surrounding...
Illegal mining: Policeman injured in shootout, 31 suspects arrested, Orkney mine
The Illicit Mining Task Team arrested 31 suspects in the evening on Tuesday, 22 October 2019, for illicit mining, attempted murder and possession of...
Murder of a man on a Brits farm: Father and son...
The North West Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane welcomed the sentencing of Schalk Myburgh (52) and his son Schalk Myburgh Jnr (29) by...
Four suspects bust selling lion paws
Four suspects aged between 41 and 51 were arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation assisted by members of Crime Intelligence in a...
Man found guilty: Murder of Marna Engelbrecht (17) and Sharnelle Hough...
The Provincial Commissioner of North West, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, welcomed the ruling by the Mmabatho High Court of 20-year-old Xander Bylsma, who was...
Mob justice: 5 In court after 3 men brutally murdered, Hebron
Five suspects who were apprehended on Tuesday, 7 April 2020 in connection with an alleged murder linked to a mob justice incident, appeared in...
Theft of cigarettes, police Sergeant arrested, Rustenburg
Cindy Nidene Roos (39), a police Sergeant, was on Friday, 22 May 2020, released on R1000-00 bail upon appearance in the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court...
Illegal chrome mining: Organised crime unit recover 136 tons, Rustenburg
In the ongoing fight against illegal mining, the Serious Organised Crime Unit members in Rustenburg arrested a 29-year-old man on Thursday 2 July 2020,...
Farm attack, farmer lured out and shot, returns fire – kills...
A farm attack took place on the night of 21 August 2020, in Potchefstroom, in the North West province of South Africa. A farm...
Violent home invasion: Elderly woman attacked, police take 3 hrs to...
An elderly woman was seriously injured when a black male attacker attacked her and beat her over the head in her home in Rustenburg...
Life sentence for rape of woman (78)
The Provincial Commissioner of North West, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, hailed the Morokweng Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit for securing...
