Traffic Officers in Mopani District have impounded 33 vehicles during intensified road safety operations, reaffirming the Department of Transport and Community Safety’s zero-tolerance stance on lawlessness on the roads. The crackdown on 11 and 12 September 2025, targeted public transport operators who compromise passenger safety by operating without valid licences, […]
A multi-disciplinary operation led by the Free State Provincial Organised Crime unit, in collaboration with the Shoprite Group’s investigation team, resulted in the arrest of an 81-year-old man on Thursday, 11 September 2025, for a range of charges including theft, possession of suspected stolen goods, and contraventions of various acts. […]
VILJOENSDRIFT – The Viljoensdrift station Commander, Captain De Beer, led a vehicle checkpoint (VCP) on the R82 in collaboration with traffic officials. The objective of the operation is to: – Search for stolen vehicles and properties – Identify unlicensed firearms – Combat stock theft – Search for drugs – Check […]
POTCHEFSTROOM – The weekly Joint Law Enforcement operations conducted under Operation Shanela II, have resulted in the arrest of suspects and the seizure of a variety of illegal contrabands, including three illegal firearms, 411 rounds of ammunition, a variety of drugs, liquor, and dangerous weapons. In the period between Monday, […]
On Monday, 08 September 2025, members of the Maitland Flying Squad followed up information about a facility that is manufacturing illegal alcohol. The members visited the premises on the R44 road in Klapmuts and found the facility with alcohol manufacturing equipment inside the building. Seven Somalian nationals, five males aged […]
The Police in Laersdrift arrested two suspects on Tuesday, 02 September 2025 in connection with a truck hijacking incident in Laersdrift. The incident is said to have occurred around 07:00, involving an Isuzu truck with Northern Cape registration plates. Other cars suspected to have been used by the suspects are […]
PARKTOWN – In an effort to address the non-ferrous metal and essential infrastructure related crimes, the police recovered copper cable worth approximately R3 million at an unregistered scrapyard in De Deur and arrested five foreign nationals. On 03 September 2025, a team comprising of Sedibeng Infrastructure unit, Gauteng Traffic Wardens […]
The Petrus Steyn police, with the assistance of local farmers, arrested two foreign nationals after they were found in possession of 28 stolen wooden railway locks loaded in a truck. Five other suspects fled the scene and are still being sought. While conducting crime prevention duties near the Petrus Steyn […]
The police in the North West have during the weekly High Density #operationshanela2 operations, arrested 1 241 suspects for a variety of crimes ranging from burglaries at residential and non-residential premises, aggravated robberies, murders, rapes, dealing in and possession of drugs, driving under the influence of liquor, illegal possession of […]
OperationShanela, remains focused in clamping down on crime in the province. This is evident in the weekly arrests and police actions executed since Monday, 25 August 2025 until Sunday, 31 August 2025 with the focus on the reduction of contact and violent crimes in crime hotspot areas which netted 308 […]
