Arrests for fraud, scamming devices, drugs, stolen property, Cape Town

Arrests for fraud, scamming devices, drugs, stolen property, Cape Town

The Provincial Commercial Crime Investigation Unit, Western Cape conducted various successful operations which led to the arrest of suspects. On 6 June 2022, the members...
Extortion Task Team recover firearms, drugs, Cape Town

Extortion Task Team recover firearms, drugs, Cape Town

On Thursday 9 June 2022 at about 22:45 members of the Provincial Extortion Task Team were doing a crime intelligence driven operation, after they...
Elsies River business robbery, suspect wounded, 4 others arrested

Elsies River business robbery, suspect wounded, 4 others arrested

A hawk-eyed SAPS member arrested five suspects who were involved in a business robbery and attempted murder on Tuesday 7 June 2022. A detective sergeant...
Abalone poacher arrested, Fish Hoek

Abalone poacher arrested, Fish Hoek

Efforts to root out the illegal trade of abalone in the Western Cape and bring the perpetrators thereof to book saw a 24-year-old male...
Macassar CIT robbery and shootout, suspects arrested

Macassar CIT robbery and shootout, suspects arrested

A 48-year-old suspect appeared at the Somerset West Magistrate’s Court on 8 June 2022, on a charge of armed robbery. The suspect was arrested by...
Attempted kidnapping, neighbourhood watch assist in rescue of 2 children, CT

Attempted kidnapping, neighbourhood watch assist in rescue of 2 children, CT

On Wednesday, 8 June 2022, at approximately 14:00, a group of high school pupils were on their way home when a white Toyota Quantum...
Police officer convicted for corruption, dealing in illicit cigarettes

Police officer convicted for corruption, dealing in illicit cigarettes

A former police officer, Jerome Claude Hendricks (50) was on 7 June 2022, convicted by the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s court for corruption and dealing...
Theft of motor vehicle, fraud, 3 arrested, Vredendal

Theft of motor vehicle, fraud, 3 arrested, Vredendal

An intelligence driven operation by members attached to Provincial Serious and Violent Crimes Investigations Unit, Vredendal Crime Intelligence, Flying Squad, Crime Prevention, Vehicle Crime...
Missing, Paul Nienaber (45), Brackenfell

Missing, Paul Nienaber (45), Brackenfell

Brackenfell SAPS are seeking the assistance of the public in locating 45 year old Paul Nienaber from Protea Village, Brackenfell who was reported missing...
4 Men shot dead inside Madiba supermarket, Khayelitsha

4 Men shot dead inside Madiba supermarket, Khayelitsha

Khayelitsha police have opened murder dockets for investigation following an incident where three men were shot dead, a fourth one seriously injured and later...
27 Police officers killed in the first three months of 2022

27 Police officers killed in the first three months of 2022

The latest SAPS crime statistics indicate that 27 police officers were killed in the first three months of 2022. Police Minister, General Bheki Cele on...
False hijacking and kidnapping case, 2 arrested,  Woodstock

False hijacking and kidnapping case, 2 arrested, Woodstock

The South African Police Service wants to warn the public to refrain from reporting false cases as it constitutes a crime. All reported incidents...