On Friday 31 October 2025 at 09:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Intervention Unit Officers, inconjuction with South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence Officers and other stakeholders, arrested seven (7) foreign nationals between the ages of twenty-five (25) and thirty-eight (38) years, in Benoni. Following on information received […]
On Monday 27 October 2025 from 05:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Bronberg Precinct Officers, arrested three (3) male suspects between the ages of thirty (30) and forty-one (41) years, for assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH), in Daveyton. The victim alleges that she contacted the […]
An operation was conducted yesterday, 29 October 2025, at Refilwe, in the Rayton area, in which TMPD played a crucial role assisting the removal of illegally connected electrical cables. The operation was highly successful, resulting in the recovery and removal of a substantial quantity of stolen cables. The estimated value […]
Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) & several private services responded to the call at approximately 23:38 on Siphosethu Road and established that three (3) armed suspects had gained entry onto a business premises. The security guard was restrained with ropes and robbed. A driver seated inside a truck was pepper-sprayed […]
Looters descended at the scene of an accident on the N2 Northbound near Umdloti – KZN this morning after a truck lost its load of fruits and vegetables. Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were called out to the scene at approximately 11:16, after a fully-loaded 14-ton Hino truck […]
A white Powerstar tip truck with the registration number BW76SN ZN was stolen during an armed robbery in KwaDukuza – KZN yesterday (Wednesday) morning. Four armed suspects armed with firearms ambushed and robbed a private security officer of his cellphone & an undisclosed amount of cash. The assailants proceeded to […]
KIMBERLEY – Operation Shanela, the weekly multi-disciplinary high density operation which commenced on Monday, 22 September 2025 until Sunday, 28 September 2025 remains intentional and focused on the reduction of contact and violent crimes in the Northern Cape. Actions and police activities executed during the operations included, vehicle check points […]
A total of 683 (six hundred and eighty-three) suspects were arrested and 13 firearms with 604 rounds of ammunition recovered during multi-disciplinary Operation Shanela, conducted across Limpopo between 15 September 2025 and 21 September 2025. The arrests included: ▶️ 1 murder ▶️ 3 attempted murders ▶️ 6 aggravated robberies, ▶️ […]
An intelligence-driven operation between Breederiver K9 Unit and Sea Fisheries led to the seizure of abalone in Rawsonville on Monday, 22 September 2025. The members gathered information about a truck that is en route to Cape Town with abalone. The members stopped the truck at the weighbridge on the N1, […]
Two foreign nationals were arrested after they were found in possession of endangered plants on Monday morning, 22 September 2025 along the R382 road in Springbok. The investigation is ongoing, and the police appeal to anyone with information to contact the investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Wynand van den Heever of […]
