Two Zimbabwean nationals, Tinashe Chitsamba (40) and Oscar Mutsetemari (45), appeared before the Mkhondo Magistrate’s Court today for dealing in dagga. The duo were arrested on 04 December 2025 at about 20:35 on the N2 near Mahamba in Mpumalanga. The Police in Mahamba were on their routine crime prevention patrols […]
A delivery truck transporting refrigerators was hijacked by armed suspects in Adams Mission, Ethekwini – KZN, on Tuesday, 2 December 2025. The vehicle had been loaded at a warehouse in Durban North – KZN at approximately 17:00 on the day of the incident. The driver and his assistant were en […]
Free State police in collaboration with various multidisciplinary law enforcement partners, continues with a highly successful Operation Shanela II as part of the wider Safer Festive Season operation. The continuous arrests of 1083 suspects serve a significant blow to criminal elements operating in the region, reflecting the SAPS’s dedication to […]
As part of the ongoing 2025/2026 Operation #SaferFestiveSeason, the Ehlanzeni Safer Festive Task Team, together with the Anti-Hijacking Unit, conducted an intelligence-driven operation in the Ehlanzeni District on Friday, 28 November 2025 focusing in the Bushbuckridge area. The operation was in response to information concerning a truck with batteries worth […]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has conducted operations in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni Districts from 22-28 November 2025, resulting in the recovery of counterfeit, illicit, and contraband goods worth R43 million. The operation, conducted in collaboration with stakeholders, including the National Counterfeit Unit, Gauteng Counterfeit Unit, Public Order Police (POPS), […]
A proactive self-initiated operation by members of the Welkom Tactical Response Team, deployed to address taxi violence in the Ficksburg area, resulted in the significant seizure of illicit cigarettes and the arrest of one suspect. On Wednesday, 26 November 2025, at approximately 10:00, TRT members decided to extend their operational […]
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Northern Region Task Team Officers, recovered a reported hijacked white Isuzu truck and its cargo valued at approximately R1.2 million, in Isando, Kempton Park. While conducting crime prevention duties, officers received information from a tracking company regarding a reported hijacked vehicle, which had been […]
The South African Police Service in Tshwane successfully recovered a Freightliner truck transporting medicine valued at approximately R2.5 million, after it was hijacked in the Wierdabrug policing area on Friday, 21 November 2025, at around 08:00. Following the hijacking, the truck’s tracking system was immediately activated and the information circulated […]
POLOKWANE – Members of the South African Police Service apprehended 792 suspects and recovered four firearms in Limpopo following a high-density operation, Shanela, which was carried out throughout five districts. The operation commenced on Monday, 10 and continued to Sunday, 16 November 2025, and was executed jointly with other law […]
A white 8-ton Tata truck, registration XCP 696 GP, has been reported stolen from the Phoenix area in KwaZulu-Natal today (Wednesday). According to the owner, the vehicle had been parked off for several years prior to the theft. The truck is identifiable by a smash on the rear right side. […]
