Western Cape

In the quest to rid the streets of the Western Cape of drugs, unlicensed firearms and ammunition, police members pursued detailed information which resulted in the confiscation of drugs, unlicensed firearms and cash. Sea Point police members rushed to a crime scene in Cavalcade Road, Green Point on Monday, 28 August 2023 to attend to [...]

Operation Shanela high density operations yields success as 1614 suspects are arrested for serious, violent and other crimes. This successful intelligence-driven, high density patrols and actions conducted from 21 August 2023 to 27 August 2023, aimed to disrupt criminal activities before and during the weekend which usually threatens the safety of the communities within the [...]

The Provincial Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in Western Cape, Major General Mathipa Makgato praised the Bellville based Hawks' South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) team for their sterling fact-finding skills that led to the successful sentencing of Peter Charles Cooke (46) on 25 August 2023. This conviction and sentence was preceded [...]

Members of Operation Restore, commitment to rid communities of the scourge of illegal firearms, arrested a 40-year-old man who was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition in Bellville on Friday evening. The members executed an intelligence-driven operation at an identified premises where they conducted a search of the premises which led to [...]

CAPE TOWN - Members of the Provincial Taxi Task Unit’s Combat team in pursuit of vital information as part of their investigations into taxi related murders pounced on a location in Ocean View where they apprehended a wanted suspect on Thursday, 24 August 2023. The suspect is allegedly linked to a triple murder that occurred [...]

On Friday, 25 August 2023, members of the Western Cape Flying Squad received information about a suspicious vehicle in roaming the streets in Brackenfell. The members followed up the information and stop and searched the vehicle and found an imitation firearm and a knife inside the vehicle. It was later established that the suspects were [...]

A farm attack occurred around 21:00, 23 August 2023, on a farm in Klein Sandfontein, Caledon area, Western Cape province. Three unknown men gained access...

On Thursday, 24 August 2023, police members attached to Cape Town K9 Unit arrested an adult male for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and a hijacked vehicle in Harare, Khayelitsha. The members were busy with patrols in the area when they noticed a suspicious vehicle. They stopped the vehicle and the driver sped off [...]

The vigilance by members of Strand SAPS led to the arrest of a 40-year-old suspect for the possession of drugs on Friday morning 25 August 2023. The members were busy with patrols in Smith Street, Strand when they pulled over a suspicious vehicle and searched it. The members then found 106 mandrax tablets, four packets [...]

WESTERN CAPE - The vigilance by members of Table View SAPS led to the arrest of a 38-year-old man for the possession of drugs as well as bribery in Bloubergstrand on Thursday. The members were busy with crime prevention patrols when they noticed a suspicious vehicle when they pulled it over. Upon searching the vehicle [...]

WESTERN CAPE – The Bellville based Priority Crime Specialised Investigation (PCSI) of the Hawks in a joint effort with National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) secured a preservation order on a vehicle to the value of R59 100-00 in the Western Cape High Court on 08 August 2023. It is alleged that on 17 March 2022, members [...]

WESTERN CAPE - Members of Operation Restore deployed in Manenberg area pursuit information received and searched a premises in Scheldt Walk, Manenberg on Thursday evening where they confiscated 12 rounds of ammunition that was found hidden in a mattress in the bedroom. A 30-year-old man was arrested and detained. The same members searched a premises [...]