A 40-year-old man is due to appear in the Lichtenburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 13 May 2024, for possession of suspected stolen goods. The suspect’s court appearance emanates from his arrest at approximately 16:45 on Friday, 10 May 2024, during a Crime Intelligence driven operation by the Lichtenburg Detectives, K9 […]
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High-density Operation Vala Umgodi continues to disrupt illegal mining activities
The multi-disciplinary forces comprising of the SAPS Tactical Response Team, Public Order Police, Organised Crime Investigation and the SANDF with the Department of Home Affairs as well as the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy continue to disrupt illegal sand mining activities in Vhembe District through Operation Vala Umgodi. The […]
Multiple inflatable boats seized and illegal miners nabbed through disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi
The SAPS Border Policing Team at Beitbridge Port of Entry have during the execution of disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi seized seven inflatable boats worth thousands of rands at Limpopo River banks that are believed to have been used for smuggling counterfeit goods crossing the river between Zimbabwe and South Africa. […]
Police seize counterfeit petroleum oil worth over R200 000 and arrest four Zimbabwean suspects in Centurion
Police led an integrated take down operation in Centurion on Tuesday, 07 May 2024 and seized a consignment of counterfeit petroleum oil products with an estimated value of R225 000; four Zimbabwean nationals were arrested. According to a preliminary report a team that comprised of members from the National Counterfeit […]
Vigilant members of Kanoeneiland intercept a truck transporting protected plants
The vigilant members of Kanoeneiland SAPS were conducting crime prevention patrols in the early morning hours of Monday, 29 April 2024,when they spotted a white Nissan truck on the N14 near Kanoeneiland loaded with bags, which aroused suspicion. They stopped the truck and conducted a routine inspection, and it was […]
Limpopo anti-smuggling operation busted four suspects and they confiscated a truck and two vehicles worth millions
Four suspects who are foreign nationals aged between 29 and 44, were nabbed for cases including possession of presumed stolen motor vehicle, possession of fraudulent documents, during the anti-smuggling operation conducted on Sunday, 28 April 2024 and the early hours of Monday, 29 April 2024 at Polokwane policing area. Reportedly, […]
Operation Shanela stamps the authority of the State and nets 179 suspects in the Northern Cape
Operation Shanela high-density operations were executed across the province during the past week to address priority crimes. The multi-disciplinary teams across the province jointly apprehended 179 criminals, of which 121 are wanted suspects arrested by detectives who have been evading police. The suspects were wanted in connection with murder and […]
Heightened police visibility and roadblock in Ventersburg
Operation Vhuthu Hawe was conducted on 26 April 2024 from 09:30 to 14:00 led by Captain Lefu Thamae, Station Commander of Ventersburg who was the Operational Commander. The following Police Stations and departments were involved, Ventersburg, Verkeerdevlei, Winburg, Welkom Public Order Policing, Department of Home Affairs, Provincial Traffic and South […]
Joint law enforcement high-density Operation Vala Umgodi nabbed illegal miners and confiscated mining equipment
The Joint Law Enforcement Forces through a high-density Operation Vala Umgodi have nabbed illegal miners and confiscated mining equipment in Limpopo. It is reported that members of the SAPS Tactical Response Team and Public Order Police Unit during their Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, arrested a […]
High-density Operation Vala Umgodi pounce on illegal miners caught in the act of processing precious metals
The multi-disciplinary forces through disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi have arrested two male suspects for illegal mining at Mavalani illegal mining site outside Giyani in Mopani District. According to the information available at this stage, the members of the SAPS Tactical Response Team and Public Order Police unit have on Saturday, […]










