On Tuesday, 27 February 2023, at around 13h00, members of Ekurhuleni District Crime Intelligence, Trio Task Team, Tembisa Tracing Team, and Highway Patrol Unit acted on a tip-off regarding a suspicious marked South African Police Service vehicle in Rabie Ridge area. Information was followed whereby a Mazda BT50 resembling SAPS […]
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Stolen copper valued at R5 million seized in Pinetown
Police in Pinetown recovered suspected stolen copper valued at over R5 million at business premises on Joule Street in Pinetown on Sunday, 12 February 2023. The team was acting on intelligence when they stormed into the premises and executed a search warrant. Huge bags of copper cables were found stashed […]
Kroonstad Highway Patrol members arrest two suspects for possession of stolen property
SAPS Highway Patrol members arrested two suspects in possession of the suspected stolen property on Saturday, 11 February 2023 at about 04h00. It is alleged that the members were conducting patrols on the N1, about ten kilometers outside Kroonstad when they came across a Toyota Quantum of which the windows […]
Seven suspects arrested for robbery at a transport company in Heriotdale
Members of SAPS Cleveland arrested seven suspects in the early hours of today 6 February following a business robbery in progress complaint in Heriotdale. According to a preliminary report, the members responded to the business robbery complaint at a transport company in Heriotdale. Upon their arrival at the scene, three […]
Man arrested with dagga with an estimated value of R2 million
A man was arrested after he was found with bags of dagga at an accident scene. On 24 January 2023 members of the Gariepdam police station in the Free State received a distress call about an accident involving two trucks on the N1 road. The one truck rear-ended the other. […]
Police hit hard on illegal miners after chrome worth half a million seized and one suspect arrested
Members of the Limpopo Highway Patrol team have arrested a 38-year-old suspect and seized chrome worth an estimated street value of R500 000-00. The suspect was arrested on Wednesday night, 11 January 2023, while traveling along the R37 road next to Atok in the Apel policing precinct outside Burgersfort. The […]
Police on high alert and visibility heightened after trucks and a vehicle were torched in Vosman
Police are on high alert and have heightened visibility in monitoring the situation on the N4 Road and areas in and around Vosman near Witbank, following an incident on Wednesday night, 11 January 2023 whereby four trucks and two bakkies were set alight. Scores of other vehicles were also reportedly […]
Two stolen trucks recovered following a community tip-off, two suspects arrested
The Station Commander of Hammanskraal applauded the members of the Crime Prevention Unit together with Crime Intelligence Unit who recovered two stolen trucks at Bultfontein in Hammanskraal Sector 2. This is after a member of the community blew the whistle informing the Station Commander of a suspicious truck that was […]
More boots on the ground yielding excellent results with confiscation of R300 000 worth of drugs
Efforts by Western Cape police to eradicate drug abuse yielded excellent results with the confiscation of drugs with an estimated street value of R300 000-00 during midweek Safer Festive Season operations under the theme “More boots on the ground towards enhanced police visibility” in the Klein Karoo. On Wednesday, 03 […]
Search for truck driver’s kidnappers continues
Police in Mpumalanga is investigating a case of kidnapping after a 33-year-old man was kidnapped by four suspects in Komatipoort on 09 December 2022. The victim alleged that at about 03:30 on the said day while he was queuing with other trucks to cross Lebombo Port of Entry from South […]










