A Port Alfred business owner and his manager were arrested following the recovery of more than 19 kilograms of caternary cabling as well as 7 kilograms of copper cabling from a prominent second-hand goods shop in the town’s CBD this week.…
Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) in partnership with the South African Police Service (SAPS) conducted ‘Gijima Tsotsi Blitz Operation’ to clamp down on non-compliant liquor outlets in and around Alice on Friday evening. The operation was…
Six men arrested while allegedly searching for a buyer for elephant tusks at King Shaka International Airport in Durban are expected to appear in court on Monday. The men, aged between 27 and 40 years, were arrested on Thursday by a Hawks…
Captain Khaya Tonjeni MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER: EASTERN CAPE Over the past week 835 people were arrested in different Safer Seasons Operations for different crimes. More than 50% of the arrests…
Close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, funded mainly through contributions from farmers in the area, proved invaluable in the apprehension of suspected armed robbers who stole property from the Alexandria Pep Store on Tuesday morning.…
Hawks investigators descended on several properties in Pretoria in an early morning raid on Saturday to round up five suspects linked to a R5.7m UIF fraud and money-laundering scam. The suspects cannot be named or identified until they…
Several police officers have been arrested for contravening lockdown regulations, including liquor-related crimes, police minister Bheki Cele said on Sunday. Cele said a “small percentage” of officers were arrested after they sought “to…
The City of Cape Town’s law enforcement officers chased down two suspects on the N2. After a dramatic chase caught on a dashboard camera, the officers managed to arrest the suspects and clear the area before angry-looking bystanders could…
Police arrested a 25-year old man with an AK-47 and 18 rounds of ammunition during an intelligence raid in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. KZN SAPS spokesman Colonel Thembeka Mbele said an intelligence-driven operation conducted in the Msinga…
