A highly sensitive operation – led by national Crime Intelligence members, with assistance from the Durban Metro Police Tactical Support Unit and the Hawks – took place earlier today. Two storage facilities, in Avoca and Briardene, were hit after a driver for the syndicate was intercepted by police. Search warrants […]
The Welkom K9 Unit have arrested a 35-year-old foreign national after illicit cigarettes were found in a vehicle he was travelling in. On Thursday, 6 August 2026 at approximately 09:10 members attached to the Welkom K9 Unit were conducting crime combating duties on the R30 road. They spotted a suspicious […]
The collaboration between Bloemfontein K9 Unit and Provincial Crime Intelligence has caused an extensive blow to the illicit trade of cigarettes. The team confiscated a substantial quantity of illicit cigarettes in the Boshof CBD area. On Thursday, 9 July 2026 members attached to the Bloemfontein K9 Unit received intelligence led […]
A multidisciplinary intelligence-driven operation involving the Sedibeng Tracking Team, Sedibeng DPCI, Fezile Dabi TRIO Task Team, Gauteng Traffic Police High Priority Crimes & Internal Affairs Unit, Sedibeng K9 and Sedibeng Crime Intelligence resulted in the arrest of a suspect found transporting a large consignment of suspected illicit cigarettes. Acting on […]
A 35-year-old male suspect was arrested for possession of suspected illicit cigarettes valued at approximately R7.5 million on the N1, Vaal Plaza on Tuesday, 02 June 2026. The Isuzu truck used to transport the goods was also seized. The suspect is expected to appear before the Parys Magistrate’s Court soon […]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Sedibeng District has welcomed the successful interception of a truck transporting illicit cigarettes, with an estimated street value of approximately R3.7 million, during a tactical intelligence-driven operation conducted on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. Members attached to Crime Intelligence Sedibeng District operationalised information received […]
A joint operation executed at Waterberg District by the Modimolle K9 Dog Unit, two private securities together with the District’s Flying Squad Unit, resulted in impounding of illicit cigarettes worth more than R300 000,00 on Monday 08 December 2025. Waterberg Flying Squad police were busy with operational duties when they […]
A proactive self-initiated operation by members of the Welkom Tactical Response Team, deployed to address taxi violence in the Ficksburg area, resulted in the significant seizure of illicit cigarettes and the arrest of one suspect. On Wednesday, 26 November 2025, at approximately 10:00, TRT members decided to extend their operational […]
Two males, aged 19 and 44, have been arrested for possession of illicit cigarettes in Viljoensdrif. On Thursday, 14 August 2025, at approximately 10:30, members of the Sasolburg Highway Patrol Relief A and Viljoensdrif CSC Relief C conducted a Vehicle Check Point (VCP) on the R82 near Country Butchery, Viljoensdrif. […]
Swift action by members of the Provincial Anti-Gang Unit in Bloemfontein led to the arrest of a 42-year-old foreign national and the confiscation of illicit cigarettes and a truck. On Tuesday, 29 July 2025, at approximately 08:30, the Anti-Gang Unit, acting on intelligence led information, intercepted a Volvo truck suspected […]
