Western Cape

Provincial Serious Violent Crime detectives are pursuing several leads as part of an investigation into the murder of three men and an attempted murder...

Dedicated and disciplined police members, committed to their mandate, pursued information on Monday, 23 October 2023, and detained two males on charges of possession...

The vigilance and coordination amongst members deployed in the Overberg District ensured that two suspects aged 24 and 30 who hijacked a vehicle and kidnapped a lady and her friend and extorted them of cash, yesterday, were brought to book after the vehicle they hijacked was forced to a halt after it was circulate by [...]

The Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team based in George have on 19 October 2023 arrested a 33-year-old suspect on charges of fraud and theft. This arrest follows after the matter was brought under the attention of the Hawks that during the period 1 and 4 September 2015, the complainant met the suspect on social [...]

The swift response by members attached to the Provincial Economic Infrastructure Task Team and the Provincial Extortion Task Team led to the arrest of a 46-year-old suspect for the illegal possession of counterfeit foreign currencies (US dollars) as well as contravening the Immigration Act on Monday, 16 October 2023. On the mentioned date the members [...]

Around the clock investigation has led to the arrests of three suspects in connection with the recent shooting incident that claimed the life of a 6-year-old boy in Surwood Road in Hanover Park on 16 October 2023 at about 17:30.In the early hours of this morning, 19 October 2023, members attached to the Anti-Gang Unit [...]

An intensive fraud investigation in connection with a housing development in Mfuleni culminated into the arrest of four suspects yesterday, who will now face the charges against them in Blue Downs court today. Seasoned detectives attached to the Western Cape Commercial Crimes Unit were assigned to investigate allegations of fraud after the City of Cape [...]

During October 2022, members of the Ladismith Crime Prevention Unit arrested three male suspects for dealing in drugs on the R62 Road between Ladismith and Barrydale when the vehicle they were travelling in was stopped and searched at a vehicle check point. The members confiscated 1935 mandrax tablets and an undisclosed amount of cash found [...]

Members attached to the Anti-Gang-Unit are making inroads against the proliferation of guns and acts of violence in the Province through a focussed intelligence-driven approach by their Combat Team who reacted on information and searched various identified premises in hotspot areas such as Lavender Hill, Steenberg and Eersterivier where there has been sporadic incidents of [...]

Efforts to rid our streets from the illegal possession and distribution of drugs and firearms yielded success when members arrested two men for possession of an unlicensed firearm and drugs yesterday, 16 October 2023. Members attached to the Lingelethu West SAPS followed up on information of a person at Town Two in possession of a [...]

Increased visibility and intensified crime prevention operations within identified crime hotspots areas of Hanover Park are yielding positive results as police are clamping down on criminals and their criminal activities. On Friday morning, 13 October 2023 members attached to Philippi SAPS were busy patrolling the streets of Hanover Park when they heard gunshots within close [...]

Attempts by a taxi driver to evade vigilant SAPS Napier members, who were busy with crime prevention patrols, was foiled when the members spotted him turning into an isolated street in Napier. On Thursday, 12 October 2023 at approximately 23:00, visible policing members conducted crime prevention patrols in Main Street when they saw a suspicious [...]