The Provincial Task team members have arrested a 48-year-old suspect for possession and dealing in drugs and confiscated illicit cigarettes worth thousands of rands in separate incidents during an intelligence driven operation conducted on Monday, 11 March 2024. The operation, stemming from extensive gathering of information and targeting hotspots and […]
The Springbok K9 Unit, Public Order Police, SAPS Border Police, Department of Home Affairs and SARS Customs pounced on several Bangladesh shop owners and confiscated tobacco products worth about R1 Million. On Friday, 08 March 2024, at approximately 11:00, the operations team followed up on information regarding alleged counterfeit cigarettes […]
A detectives tracing and Anti-Gang Unit operation aimed at addressing crimes conducted at the N1 truck stop yielded positive results. Due to the number of cases opened and attacks of truck drivers at the truck stop near the N1 at Ventersburg the Anti-Gang Unit joined in a Detective tracing operation […]
Operation Shanela, the multi-disciplinary high-density operation remains steadfast and intentional in stabilizing crime and arrested 676 suspects for an array of criminal acts across the Northern Cape. The intensified police operations commenced on Sunday, 03 March 2024 until Sunday, 10 March 2024 with a specific focus on the reduction of […]
Bloemfontein Flying Squad members stopped a truck and arrested 3 after the discovery of Khat plant in the cabin. On Friday 8 March 2024 at about 20:45 members of Bloemfontein Flying Squad received an intelligence led information about a Truck from Gauteng driving on the N1 towards Bloemfontein, possibly transporting […]
On Thursday, 07 March 2024, EThekwini District SAPS office received information from the KZN Liquor and Agriculture Boards of a group of people manufacturing illicit alcohol from a warehouse in the Ottawa area in Verulam. Ethekwini Infrastructure Task Team (EITT) immediately created a joint operation with the KZN Liquor and […]
On 07 March 2024 at approximately 13:45, police proceeded to an address in Claudius, Laudium on information of counterfeit cigarettes On arrival, the owner of the premises refused police enter and force had to be used to gain access to the premises. A huge consignment of cigarettes was found in […]
Operation Vala Umgodi continues in Gauteng as the team ascended to Springs in Ekurhuleni, where the dismantled another illegal mining activity on Monday, 04 March 2024. During the operation, police arrested eight suspects, including six undocumented foreign nationals who are suspected to be involved in illegal mining. One suspect was […]
Members of Upington Border Police assisted by Kimberley Crime Intelligence, ZFM Highway Patrol, Upington POP and SARS Customs responded to information about alleged illicit cigarettes being stored and sold at one of the wholesalers in Upington on Thursday, 29 February 2024. The police conducted a search and seizure operation at […]
The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela, has condemned an incident in which a truck that was en route to one of the chain stores in Mkhuhlu was hijacked in Hazyview yesterday, Wednesday 28 February 2024. Reports indicate that some community members helped themselves […]
