Limpopo: The Provincial Tracking Team conducted a sting operation at a house in Musina last night, where a 30-year-old businessman was arrested for possession of suspected stolen goods believed to be stolen from the hijacked trucks in Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal Provinces. During the arrest, suspected stolen goods worth an […]
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Suspects arrested in possession of truckload full of counterfeit goods
Three suspects were arrested yesterday after being caught with a truckload full of counterfeit goods and attempting to bribe Police officers with R13 000-00 cash. Members of Crime Intelligence and the Provincial Tracking Team stop and searched a truck on the N1 North outside Polokwane and discovered counterfeit goods with […]
Change in speed limits for trucks and speed governors to be implemented
Please note the Department of Transport has published the 24th amendment to the National Road Traffic Regulations in Gazette No. 40420 of 11 November 2016. [The speed limit for goods vehicles with a GVM over 3 500 kg up to 9 000 kg applies to all vehicles but the speed governers will […]
Counterfeit goods seized at Mbazwana during efforts to prevent cross-border crimes
Additional Police deployments in the UMkhanyakude area continues to see results with regards to preventing cross-border crimes in the northern parts of the province. This weekend, police officers from the Public Order Police and Tactical Response Team arrested four suspects who were found in possession of counterfeit goods at Mbazwana. […]
Truck hijacking and diesel theft suspects arrested at Heidelberg
Yesterday, 24 October 2016 at about 13:00 three suspects aged 41, 42 and 54 years respectively were arrested while they were busy draining out diesel from a Diesel Tanker into plastic containers and a mounted brown steel tanker. It is alleged that the truck was hijacked at Brakpan Policing Area […]
Hijacker of municipal water truck arrested and truck recovered
At 0:300 this morning, members from Port Shepstone Accident Response Unit was requested to assist with the tracking of a truck which was hijacked in Umzimkhulu area last night at 23:00. Three male suspects approached the complainant and pointed him and his co-workers with a gun and tied them with […]
Safety may require that the tyre choice is application specific!
Question: Front and rear truck tyre specifications Regulations in Law? Sirs, I have been in the tyre industry for some time in the past but never could get hold of anything regarding the above. Manufacturers do have Steering axle, drive axle and multiple application tyres. It is obvious though that […]
Truck driver arrested at Nakop border post smuggling Dagga from South Africa to Namibia
Northern Cape: Vigilant police members ensured that a suspect was arrested for dealing in dagga at the Nakop Border post. On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at approximately 11:00, the driver of a truck, exporting toilet paper from South Africa to Namibia was arrested for dealing in dagga. Police searched one […]
Suspects arrested loading stolen cattle on truck outside Polokwane
Limpopo: Three suspects aged 27, 37 and 60 years old were swiftly arrested by the Police when they were caught loading 30 stolen cattle in a truck along Greenside and Mashashane road outside Polokwane earlier this morning. The arrest follows after Police reacted swiftly to information received from members of […]
Theft suspects arrested after looting lost cargo
Several arrests were made this morning after a truck carrying beer lost its load on the N2, North Bound near Queen Nandi Drive, in the Briardene area, north of Durban. Marshall Security were alerted to the incident shortly after 11h30 and reaction officers as well as the Metro Police and […]