Somerset West jewellery store robbery, 1 suspect shot dead, another handed 26 year sentence

Somerset West jewellery store robbery, 1 suspect shot dead, another handed...

The Bellville Magistrate’s court sentenced 33 year old Sakhile Thabo Valisi to a lengthy 26 years imprisonment for business robbery, attempted murder, possession of...
Drug trafficking, Hawks obtain vehicle asset forfeiture order, CT

Drug trafficking, Hawks obtain vehicle asset forfeiture order, CT

The Bellville based Hawks’ Priority Crime Specialised Investigation (PCSI) team obtained an outstanding success when a final forfeiture order for a vehicle asset worth...
Cape town operations net drug dealers

Cape town operations net drug dealers

The persistence of police members attached to Operation Restore, deployed in the Western Cape to combat crime, proved to be successful when they arrested...
Petrol bomb attack on the ‘Go George Bus’ – 11 passengers injured

Petrol bomb attack on the ‘Go George Bus’ – 11 passengers...

Extensive and intricate investigations by Western Cape Serious and Violent Crime Detectives, assigned to the investigation of taxi violence related cases, led to the...
Cape Town police recover drugs and firearms

Cape Town police recover drugs and firearms

The vigilance and swift response from members attached to Operation Restore and Operational Response Service landed suspects behind bars for possession of a prohibited...
Farm attack, man (81) hospitalised after violent assault, Contermanskloof

Farm attack, man (81) hospitalised after violent assault, Contermanskloof

A farm attack took place on 25 March 2023, at 17:30, on a farm in Contermanskloof, in the Durbanville area, in the Western Cape...
Traffic officer sentenced for demanding bribe, Bellville

Traffic officer sentenced for demanding bribe, Bellville

Gavin Edgar Heinrick Zass (53), a former traffic officer was sentenced to pay a fine of R40 000-00 or, in default to serve four...
Extortion Task Team arrest 2 suspects, recover 3 firearms, Gugulethu

Extortion Task Team arrest 2 suspects, recover 3 firearms, Gugulethu

The swift response of police members resulted in the arrest of two suspects during an intelligence driven operation in Gugulethu. Police members attached to the...
Murder of Erna Gericke (66) – 2 accused sentenced, Barrydale

Murder of Erna Gericke (66) – 2 accused sentenced, Barrydale

Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile has welcomed the hefty sentences imposed on two men who stood trial for the...
Western Cape police arrest murder suspects, recover firearms

Western Cape police arrest murder suspects, recover firearms

On Sunday 26 March 2023, at about 11:15 Hermanus SAPS members were patrolling in Zwelihle when they received information about a shooting in progress....
Corruption: 6 Maitland Flying Squad police officers arrested

Corruption: 6 Maitland Flying Squad police officers arrested

Our pursuit to root out corruption amongst Western Cape SAPS ranks and purge undesirable elements led to the arrest of six members on the...
R4.5 million worth of abalone, 4 accused sentenced, Cape Town

R4.5 million worth of abalone, 4 accused sentenced, Cape Town

Renaldo Marcos Mucache (23), Boniface Albino Muchanga (28), Joshua Daniel Chaque (38) and Valton Beca (26) were sentenced for multiple counts of possession of...