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2 Homemade firearms recovered, Kraaifontein. Photo: SAPS

2 Homemade firearms recovered, Kraaifontein

With our focus on serious and violent crimes in this province, members of the Flying Squad reacted on a tipoff and conducted a search...
Father and son perish in shack fire, Bethelsdorp

Father and son perish in shack fire, Bethelsdorp

During the early hours of Saturday morning, 5 June 2021, a man and his son died in a shack fire in William Slammert Drive...
Kamesh supermarket robbery: 2 Wounded, manager tackles, arrests suspect

Kamesh supermarket robbery: 2 Wounded, manager tackles, arrests suspect

A 27-year-old suspect failed to succeed in his plan to rob a supermarket in Rosedale, Kamesh on Friday morning 4 June 2021, after the...
Serious and violent crime: 7 Suspects shot dead, 4 arrested, Pietermaritzburg

Serious and violent crime: 7 Suspects shot dead, 4 arrested, Pietermaritzburg

The Police Ministry has noted the takedowns by members of the South African Police Service in the KwaZulu-Natal province that are squeezing out criminals...
Graaff-Reinet house robbery, police seek 2 suspects

Graaff-Reinet house robbery, police seek 2 suspects

Police detectives are on the hunt for two suspects who stormed into a shack, at the rear of the main house in Narsing Street,...
Home invasion: Man shot, 2 vehicles robbed, Waterloo. Photo: RUSA

Home invasion: Man shot, 2 vehicles robbed, Waterloo

A 47 year old man was shot during a house robbery on Spinach Road in Waterloo on Thursday afternoon, 3 June 2021. Residents contacted Reaction...
Police in shootout with Gauteng hijacking gang

Police in shootout with Gauteng hijacking gang

Police in Gauteng collaborated with other law enforcement agencies and pounced on a gang that is suspected of hijacking cars in Gauteng. The team...
5 Drug dealers arrested in raids, Augrabies and Kakamas

5 Drug dealers arrested in raids, Augrabies and Kakamas

The Acting ZF Mgcawu District Commander, Brig Johnny Besnaar commended the ZF Mgcawu District Team who executed drug operations during the early hours of...
6 Stolen and hijacked vehicles recovered, Macassar

6 Stolen and hijacked vehicles recovered, Macassar

Three males aged between the ages of 37 and 42 will appear in the Somerset West Magistrate court on charges relating to possession of...
Drug dealer sniffed-out, Cookhouse

Drug dealer sniffed-out, Cookhouse

SAPS endeavours to remove illicit drugs from our streets yielded positive results when a 21-year-old suspect was arrested in possession of drugs. On Friday 4...
Recovered firearms to go for ballistic testing, Plessislaer

Recovered firearms to go for ballistic testing, Plessislaer

Two suspects are appearing in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates’ Court for charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. On 3 June 2021, at 14:45, the...
Farm attack, AK47 wielding attackers raid smallholding, Rustenburg

Farm attack, AK47 wielding attackers raid smallholding, Rustenburg

A farm attack took place in the early hours of 5 June 2021, on a smallholding in the Boschfontein area, South of Rustenburg, in...