Fraudulently purchased electricity, Hawks track down suspects, Delft
An intelligence driven operation by the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation, Crime Intelligence and Combined Private Investigation led to the arrest of two suspects...
Man nabbed with 2000 mandrax tablets, N1, Bellville
The abuse of drugs is one of the root causes of violent crime, and members attached to Bellville SAPS and Operation Restore, are lauded...
Abalone facility: Chinese National in court his accomplices skips bail
A joint operation by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team based in Bellville, Crime Intelligence Counter Narcotics and Gangs Western Cape as well...
Corruption: Lentegeur detective arrested
Concerted efforts to fight corruption within SAPS have yielded positive results when a 26- year-old police Constable attached to Lentegeur Detectives was arrested by...
Police operations in the Western Cape net 3008 suspects in a...
Criminals in the Western Cape can run but cannot hide for long as police officers will make sure that they are brought before a...
Grabouw rapist handed life sentence
The Somerset West Regional court sentenced Koos Kerneels (48) to life imprisonment for rape on 19 June 2023.
The sentence followed after he and...
Garden Route week-end operation yields successes
A clamp down on drug and liquor outlets as part of the Garden Route District’s high density operations under Operation Shanela led to the...
AGU recover illegal firearm, Manenberg
SAPS endeavours to create a safe and secure environment in our province and to rid our communities of the illegal possession of firearms in...
Farm attack, farm manager overpowered, firearms robbed, Paarl
A farm attack took place on 22 Junie 2023, at 21:30, on the farm Corona, along the R312 in the Paarl farms area in...
Western Cape’s right to self determination – FF Plus submits bill
The FF Plus on 22 June 2023, tabled a bill in the Western Cape Legislature requesting the recognition of West Capetonians as a distinct...
Airwing comes to the rescue of people trapped on a farm...
Adverse weather conditions and heavy rains in Citrusdal resulted in severe flooding, cutting off access routes to the town and some adjacent farms.
One...
Rape of girl (4), accused handed life sentence, Mossel Bay
The Mossel Bay Regional Court sentenced a rapist to life imprisonment for rape, five years’ for sexual assault and three years’ for theft on...
