Western Cape

Clamp down operations against illicit drug outlets at taxi ranks and routes in George and Oudtshoorn in the Garden Route District, yielded positive results with the arrests of five suspects for drug related offences over the past weekend. These Integrated intelligence-driven operations conducted between George and Oudtshoorn Saps, Garden Route District Crime Combatting Team and [...]

The strategic deployment of Prince Albert police members on the R407 yielded excellent results with the arrest of two suspects and the confiscation of a large consignment of drugs. On Saturday, 09 September 2023 at about 07:10 the members conducted a vehicle checkpoint and pulled over a minibus taxi. A search of the vehicle ensued, [...]

Operation Shanela high density operations conducted in crime hotspot areas in the Western Cape yielded success when three suspects were arrested for the possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition as well as dealing in liquor in Delft and Khayelitsha respectively on Friday evening. Members of Delft Crime Prevention Unit with the assistance of Law Enforcement [...]

Members of Operation Restore deployed on the West Coast conducted a roadblock at the N7 weigh bridge on Saturday morning when they stopped a silver Audi. A search of the vehicle was conducted which led to the discovery of a 9mm pistol with ammunition, found under the driver seat. The driver could not produce a [...]

Protests over electricity tariff hikes and the indigent policy resulted in the Swellendam Local Municipality offices being torched last month. A further, peaceful...

Pesticides that are banned in the EU are being exported to South Africa by pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Bayer. Women working on farms...

The Bellville based Serious Corruption Investigation team have this morning, 08 September 2023 arrested a 35-year-old Phuti Given Mothemane who is an advocate for acts of corruption. It is alleged that on the 23 September 2022, Advocate Mothemane approached a member of National Prosecuting Authority and offered R50 000.00 (fifty thousand rand) to file representations [...]

Members of Operation Restore deployed in the Harare policing precinct ensued with a search of a premises in Makhaza, Khayelitsha on Thursday evening following the pursuit of information received that was operationalised. The members arrested a 21-year-old male when they found 58 packets containing crystal meth, 87 quarter mandrax tablets, two sachets crushed mandrax powder [...]

Continued efforts to eradicate the prevalence and distribution of drugs in the Western Cape was dealt a blow when members of Operation Restore pounced on residents in Kraaifontein and Gugulethu and confiscated drugs and arrested various suspects. The members operationalized the information received about drugs at premises in Scottsdene, Kraaifontein on Thursday evening. Upon conducting [...]

The vigilance of members attached to the Western Cape Flying Squad has led to the swift arrest of a 37-year-old suspect. The suspect will appear in the Kuilsrivier Magistrates’ court facing charges of possession of a hijacked vehicle as well as other charges. On Wednesday, 06 September 2023 members of the Western Cape Flying Squad [...]

Knysna police seek public assistance in locating Waydon Stuurman, aged 24, from Charlie Le Vack Street in Hornlee, Knysna. He was reported as missing by his next of kin on Wednesday, 06 September 2023. Preliminary information available reveals that Waydon left his residence yesterday morning. He was later seen in the vicinity of Knoetzie. At [...]

Efforts by the Western Cape police to address theft of motor vehicles in the province yielded positive results when members of the Provincial Serious Violent Crimes Unit, supported by Public Order Police arrested a 37-year-old man for the possession of stolen vehicles in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The members received information about a [...]