Operation Shanela yields a multitude of successes
Operation Shanela, the multi-disciplinary high density operation which commenced from Thursday, 19 October 2023 until Sunday 22 October 2023 with a focus on the...
Illicit cigarettes and tobacco products worth millions seized, Kimberley
The Northern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola welcomes the swift action of several specialised SAPS units that led to the seizure of illicit cigarettes and tobacco products with a street value of approximately R10 million. The Northern Cape Organised Crime Investigation Unit together with the National Crime Intelligence Unit and Kimberley K9 Unit [...]
Mothibistad SAPS arrest suspects for possession of suspected stolen livestock
On Thursday, 19 oCtober 2023 at about 21:00 Mothibistad members received information of a vehicle that was allegedly stealing goats at Deurward Village and was enroute to Mothibistad. Members under the Command of Captain Nomvuyo Makoloi were activated and the identified vehicle was stopped at the Seodin Crossing with the assistance of the community. Two [...]
Suspect nabbed for alleged stolen goods and contravention of Second Hand...
A 38-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Springbok Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 23 October 2023 for contravention of Second Hand Goods Act 6 of 2009 and possession of suspected stolen goods. The accused was arrested on Wednesday, 18 October 2023 in a disruptive operation comprising of Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Public Order [...]
SAPS Anti-Corruption Investigations Unit arrests two suspects in Postmasburg
The Provincial SAPS Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit (ACIU) recently arrested a police reservist stationed at Postmasburg SAPS and a Tsantsabane municipal employee for alleged Fraud, Extortion and impersonating a police officer. The two male suspects were arrested on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 in Postmasburg. The suspects allegedly extorted an undisclosed amount of money from a business [...]
Accused sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder 8-year-old boy
The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in the Northern Cape, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola welcomed the life long prison sentence handed down to Gladwin Steenkamp for the murder of an 8-year-old boy on 30 November 2022 in Kenhardt. The accused was sentenced in the High Court in Upington on 13 October 2023. The convicted murderer [...]
Manhunt puts Marydale house robbery suspect safely behind bars
A manhunt in Marydale secured the arrest of a house robbery suspect and recovery of stolen goods. On Saturday, 14 October 2023 at about 17:30 the 18-year-old suspect entered the farm house near Marydale under the pretense of asking water from the elderly female farm owner. The suspect allegedly overpowered the 66-year-old victim and severely [...]
Kimberley police need assistance in tracing a missing person
The Kimberley police are appealing to the public to assist in locating Rachael Matorere aged 35, who resides at De Ville farm, Douglas. Rachael was last seen by her husband on Sunday, 03 September 2023 when she departed for Johannesburg. She was wearing a long blue dress with short sleeves, a black denim jacket and [...]
Trained plant detection dog utilized to curb succulent poaching yields success
The SAPS plant detection dog "Delta" trained to detect succulent plants displayed his training during a police action in Springbok where two males were arrested for illegal possession of 1760 endangered plants. A multi-disciplinary operation involving the Springbok Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit (STESU), Springbok Public Order Policing (POP) and the Endangered Wildlife Trust [...]
Police in De Aar secures murder and business burglary sentences
Police management in the Pixley Ka Seme District welcomes the murder and business burglary sentences recently handed down in the De Aar Regional Court. Brian Tree (36) was convicted on 12 October 2023 on a charge of murder and sentenced to life Imprisonment. The incident took place in Sunrise on 21 August 2021 at about [...]
Prieska man sentenced for killing his father’s girlfriend
The Pixley Ka Seme District Commissioner, Maj Gen Nomana Mtukushe welcomes the sentencing of Frans Cornelius Vermeulen. He was sentenced in the Kimberley High Court for murdering his father's girlfriend on their farm in Prieska. Frans Vermeulen, was 17 years old at the time of the incident, when he and his father's girlfriend, Sharifa Brown [...]
Port Nolloth man found guilty of tampering with essential infrastructure
During the early hours of Thursday, 31May 2022, members of Port Nolloth SAPS received a complaint from a concerned member of the community, residing in Nollothville, Port Nolloth. The complaint, complained about a disturbing noise near a Telkom line. Members attached to Visible Policing, Port Nolloth immediately attended to the complaint. The members found a [...]
