Two male suspects aged 35 and 43 were nabbed separately for possession of unlicensed firearm, dealing and possession of illicit cigarettes at Moletlane and Mankweng policing areas in Capricorn District, during operations conducted on Friday, 25 July 2025. In Moletlane policing area, the members received information about the suspect who […]
A 64-year-old foreign national woman was arrested today, Wednesday, 23 July 2025, for possession of illicit cigarettes valued at an estimated R100,000. The arrest was made during a self-initiated compliance operation conducted by members of the Vala Umgodi Operation in Zastron. At approximately 11:30, Vala Umgodi Operation members, engaged in […]
On a continuous quest to fight any form of illegal activities in the ZF Mgcawu District, the SAPS members work jointly with their informants in actions against crime. A successful entrapment operation conducted by Upington Border Police members in the Rosedale area on Friday, 6 June 2025 led to the […]
A 42-year-old Zimbabwean, Gordon Sibanda is expected to make a second appearance before the Leeudoringstad Periodical Court, for bail application on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, following his first court appearance on Wednesday, 04 June 2025, before the Wolmaransstad Magistrate’s Court. The accused who is facing a charge of illegal possession […]
The Bethlehem police, together with Crime Intelligence, discovered cases of illicit cigarettes that were kept in storage in the Morelig suburbs of Bethlehem. The discovery followed after the police stopped and searched the bakkie that was transporting the cigarettes believed to be loaded from the storage units. The storage unit […]
This week, the South African Police Service (SAPS) seized illicit cigarettes worth R4.5 million during a takedown operation in Brits, North West. Three Bangladeshi nationals were also arrested for contravening the Immigration Act. The operation was led by the National Counterfeit Goods Unit, with support from Crime Intelligence and the […]
Police in Limpopo have arrested a 44-year-old foreign national male at the Beitbridge Port of Entry on Thursday, 20 March 2025 at approximately 03:15 for attempting to smuggle illicit cigarettes with customs value of R2,139 000-00. During routine profiling and searches of trucks at the South Gate entering the Republic […]
The Northern Cape SAPS, after the final tally confirm the haul of alleged illicit cigarettes seized to be worth an estimated R5.4 million and not R500 000-00 as indicated in previous preliminary media release. The vigilant Kimberley SAPS Public Order Policing unit, Platoon 5, is lauded by the SAPS Management […]
hree male suspects were by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit officers for the possession of illicit cigarettes in Brixton, Johannesburg. On 05 March 2025, while conducting routine crime prevention patrols in the Brixton area, officers observed a white Hino truck being escorted by a white Audi […]
The police in Marble Hall in Sekhukhune together with private Security recovered a truck loaded with 89 boxes (50 cartons) and 716 x20 of Remington Gold illicit cigarettes worth R3 million, after two male suspects abandoned them at the corner of N11 and Slaagboom Road, in Marble Hall policing area, […]
