Gauteng police have arrested one suspect for possession of explosives following an intelligence-driven operation conducted in Hazelpark, Germiston, on Saturday, 29 August 2026. Police were called to an identified address, where they met with members of Crime Intelligence who had been following up on information regarding explosives allegedly being kept […]
The Border Management Authority has made a major breakthrough after intercepting a truck attempting to smuggle explosives worth about R1 million into South Africa at Beitbridge. The explosives, often used in cash-in-transit robberies and illegal mining, were discovered after alert BMA officers grew suspicious and worked with SARS to scan […]
In a significant breakthrough against cross-border crime, members of the South African Police Service in Limpopo arrested a 28-year-old Zimbabwean national male for the illegal possession of explosives at the Beitbridge Port of Entry on Friday, 16 May 2025. The suspect was apprehended during a routine search operation at approximately […]
A suspect (48) who is a foreign national, was arrested by the police for alleged unlawful possession of explosives valued at over R600 000 at Beitbridge Port of Entry on 11 March 2025. It is alleged that on 11 March 2025 police stopped a horse and trailers truck that was […]
Earlier Report: Truck Carrying Explosives Catches Fire on N1 Highway Near Kroonstad A truck transporting explosives caught fire on the N1 highway, approximately 10 kilometers north of Kroonstad. The incident occurred a short while ago and also involved multiple light motor vehicles. Emergency services, including Fire Services, were on the […]
Members of the South African National Defence Force averted the possible Automated Teller Machine (ATM) explosion when they confiscated a number of explosives valued at around R38 000.00 from three undocumented persons, all being Zimbabwean Nationals on the Western side of Beitbridge Port of Entry. The suspects were entering South […]
The South African Police Service in Lompopo are still hitting hard on criminal syndicates in all the Clusters including in the Ports of Entry. This became evident when a sting joint search operation was conducted yesterday on 2018-08-04 at the Beitbridge Port of Entry. A truck was stopped at the […]
Free State: A sting operation by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigating Unit has led to the arrest of a six-member syndicate alleged to be involved in the selling of commercial explosives and illegal firearms on Tuesday, 06March 2018. The six suspects aged between 24 and 59, amongst them a […]
