Police in the province continue to squeeze the space for drug dealers to operate after they seized drugs subsequent to it being collected from a courier service in Fraserburg, Northern Cape. Earlier today, 01 June 2022 at approximately 12:10 police acted on a tip-off regarding a suspicious parcel, suspected to […]
Efforts by police to eradicate drug trafficking into the Western Cape once again yielded positive results with the confiscation of a consignment of drugs with an estimated street value of R3 million on the N1 in Prince Albert. Earlier today, at about 14:00, members attached to the Rural Flying Squad […]
Thirteen Namibian nationals and one Congolese male were arrested on Saturday at the Trans Kalahari Border Post and drugs; cannabis, crack cocaine & mandrax worth N$11.9 million were confiscated after a truck from South Africa via Botswana was intercepted. A suspect who tried to escape was shot and wounded and […]
Endeavours to safeguard communities and rid the streets of the Western Cape of drugs yielded positive results when police confiscated more than R1 million worth of drugs in Beaufort West on Friday, 04 March 2022 during “Vuthu Hawe” operations. Central Karoo K9 members conducted a vehicle checkpoint in the central […]
Western Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile, applauded the members for their vigilance after police nabbed a truck driver and confiscated drugs with an estimated street value of R4 million on the N1 near Laingsburg. On Tuesday, 08 February 2022 at about 14:30 these members were deployed on exit […]
The South African National Defence Force’s 121 South African Infantry Battalion has not let its guard during the December festivities. The Battalion from Mtubatuba is currently deployed on the South Africa and the eSwatini/Mozambique Border. While conducting a multi-disciplinary operation in Pongola areas with the South African Police Service, they […]
The sound partnership between the community and the SAPS during the festive season operations once again yielded successes when drugs worth R175 000-00 were seized during the execution of Operation Phakisa which is currently being conducted along the shorelines and coastal areas of Port Nolloth. On 17 December 2021, the […]
Two suspects aged 26 and 38 are appeared in the Witbank Magistrates Court on Thursday, 21 October 2021, after they were arrested in an intelligence-driven operation by the Middelburg-based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team on the N4 highway near the Bethal off-ramp. Police received information about the truck that […]
Police officers deployed at Emanguzi were conducting stop and searches at Scabazini area when they spotted a courier vehicle driving recklessly. The said vehicle was stopped and a search was conducted. Inside the vehicle, police found several bags of dagga and illicit goods such as takkies, clothes, and other items. […]
