Shootings: ‘Flakka gang’ members arrested, firearms recovered, Steenberg

Shootings: ‘Flakka gang’ members arrested, firearms recovered, Steenberg

Police in the province remain committed to rid the communities of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. In the early house of 21 August 2020, members...
Farm attack, farmer assaulted, wife abducted, Stellenbosch

Farm attack, farmer assaulted, wife abducted, Stellenbosch

A farm attack took place on 21 August 2020, at 07:22, at the Hillcrest Berry farm, in Stellenbosch, in the Western Cape province of...
6 Suspects arrested, 3 unlicensed firearms seized, Cape Town

6 Suspects arrested, 3 unlicensed firearms seized, Cape Town

To ensure that offenders are brought to book, on the night of 19 August 2020, Elsies River police were conducting crime prevention patrols when...
Gang member arrested with assault rifle, Manenberg

Gang member arrested with assault rifle, Manenberg

In pursuit of a safer environment for the people of this province, members of Manenberg SAPS joined forces with their Anti-Gang Unit counterparts and...
Cape Town woman arrested for dealing in elephant tusks

Cape Town woman arrested for dealing in elephant tusks

The Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation team on 18 August 2020, served Janine Erica Baadjies with summons to appear in the Bellville Regional Court...
Restaurant barman sentenced for bank card fraud, Cape Town

Restaurant barman sentenced for bank card fraud, Cape Town

Songeza Gqolana (27), appeared at the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Bellville on Monday 17 august 2020, for sentencing regarding various charges of fraud,...
Over R2 mil fraud: Municipal Manager and CFO to appear in court, George

Over R2 mil fraud: Municipal Manager and CFO to appear in...

The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team has served a former Eden District Municipality Manager and a former Chief Financial Officer with summons to...
Anti-Gang unit uncovers R300k worth of drugs, Cape Town

Anti-Gang unit uncovers R300k worth of drugs, Cape Town

In the quest to rid communities of drugs that generate other serious violent crimes, the Anti-Gang Unit’s combating team along with detectives descended on...
Grassy Park home invasion and murder, 2 gang members sentenced

Grassy Park home invasion and murder, 2 gang members sentenced

Western Cape SAPS management welcomes the sentencing of Marco Joostenberg (29) and Riyaad Canham (27) for their involvement in a 2017 murder. On 8 March...
More shootings at Bellville Taxi Rank, commuter killed, 2 injured

More shootings at Bellville Taxi Rank, commuter killed, 2 injured

Police are still combing two scenes at the Bellville taxi rank after renewed shootings that occurred late on Friday afternoon 14 August 2020. It...
2 Taxi operators wounded in 2 shooting incidents, Bellville taxi rank

2 Taxi operators wounded in 2 shooting incidents, Bellville taxi rank

Police have increased deployment to the Bellville taxi rank on the morning of 14 August 2020, after two taxi operators were wounded in two...
More illegal firearms recovered, Mitchells Plain

More illegal firearms recovered, Mitchells Plain

SAPS members unrelenting commitment to eliminate the presence of illegal firearms in our communities yielded positive results with the arrest of two suspects. On 11...