Operation Shanela disruptive actions continued relentlessly to ensure that priority crimes were addressed throughout the province. Multi-disciplinary teams in all five districts executed actions from Monday, 27 May 2024 until Sunday, 2 June 2024. These actions included the searching of premises, stop and search actions, high visibility patrols, compliance inspections, […]
The NATJOINTS welcomes the arrest of two alleged instigators who are believed to be behind the taxi related strike which led to all major routes into Mthatha being blocked on Monday, 27 May 2024. While police moved in swiftly to restore law and order, they have also have been working […]
Multidisciplinary Forces comprising the SAPS Tactical Response Team, National Intervention Unit and the Public Order Police conducted Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi on Wednesday, 29 May 2024 in the evening with the intention to conduct disruptive operations on illegal mining and illegal transportation of precious minerals. The team in the early […]
The rapid and swift response of a multi-disciplinary SAPS team comprising of the Northern Cape Provincial Organised Crime Investigation: Crime Detection, Kimberley Flying Squad and Kimberley Crime Prevention unit on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 led to the recovery of a hijacked truck transporting groceries and the apprehension and arrest of […]
The joint operational multi-disciplinary forces comprising of the SAPS Tactical Response Team, National Intervention Unit, Public Order Police, Organised Crime Investigation, K9 Unit, Border Police Team along with the SANDF as well as the Department of Home Affairs have recovered five tipper trucks and millions of rands worth of illicit […]
As citizens prepare to cast their votes during the National and Provincial Elections, Operation Shanela continues to ensure a safe and secure environment for all inhabitants. The ongoing Operation Shanela high-density operations were executed across the Northern Cape Province from 20 May 2024 until 26 May 2024 to address all […]
The 46 year-old Matthews Ncube, who was apprehended by Police at the Groblersburg Port of Entry for attempting to smuggle a significant quantity of illicit creams into the country, was remanded in custody when he appeared before Lephalale Magistrate’s Court on Thursday 23 May 2024. He was remanded in custody […]
The high-density Operation Vala Umgodi continues to enforce the zero tolerance approach to curb the scourge of illegal mining in Limpopo. The multi-disciplinary forces comprising of the SAPS’s Tactical Response Team, Organised Crime Investigation Unit, Public Order Police and the National Intervention Unit in collaboration with the SANDF and the […]
The Multidisciplinary Forces through Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi have pounced on two male suspects aged 35 and 27 for contravention of environmental act by committing illegal sand mining on Friday 17 May 2024 at Seshego and Lebowakgomo policing precincts respectively, Capricorn District. The Police have confiscated the two tipper trucks […]
Continued efforts to stop the illegal drug trade and the trafficking thereof via the main entry and exit routes to the Western Cape yielded success when police members arrested a truck driver on the N1 in Laingsburg on Thursday, 09 May 2024 in connection with the transportation of drugs with […]
