A joint operation was held by the Pietermaritzburg Trio Task Team, Mountain Rise SAPS, Magma Security, and other security companies on Saturday night until the early hours of Sunday, 21 August 2022. The team was following up on information about a horse and trailer truck loaded with sugar that was […]
The endeavors of the respective SAPS units to bring stability to crime-ridden areas have proved fruitful as indicated by the results achieved during this weekend’s operations. Yesterday morning members of the Flying Squad reacted to intelligence that a stolen cargo container full of chocolate bars is being offloaded at an […]
Police are making inroads in squeezing the space for criminals to operate in Mpumalanga Province. This follows an Intelligence driven operation that led to the arrest of three alleged hijackers, aged between 37 and 48 in the afternoon of Tuesday, 16 August 2022. The male suspects were reportedly found in […]
Yesterday, police officers from the Organised Crime Investigation and Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant on a suspected drug laboratory in Ngudwini, which is under the Sundumbili policing precinct. The police officers stormed the premises and discovered that the suspects had fled leaving the machines running. A large number of […]
In our attempts to ensure that the endangered marine life is protected, members of the Highway Patrol nabbed two men and seized abalone valued at R1.3 Million near Cookhouse last night, 01 August 2022. On the mentioned date, at about 21:00, it is alleged that members from Highway Patrol were […]
As part of Operation #OKaeMolao, a multi-disciplinary roadblock was held at Kliprivier Road which resulted in the recovery of a tipper truck that was hijacked in the Northern Cape, Winsorton. The driver (27) and her 20-year-old accomplice were arrested. Overnight operations to trace wanted suspects across the Gauteng province, saw […]
On Monday 25 July 2022, at about 18:30, Bloemfontein K9 Unit members received information about a truck destined for Cape Town reportedly transporting Khat. Members swiftly operationalized the information and held observation posts. At 22:30, the truck fitting the description circulated was spotted traveling Southbound on the N1 outside Bloemfontein. […]
A 33-year-old male suspect who was arrested for alleged possession of a suspected stolen truck at Mzinti near Tonga on Saturday, 23 July 2022, was also found in possession of an unlicensed firearm. The said truck was reportedly hijacked at Schoemansdal on the same day. Swift police action and hard […]
The concerted efforts by the Police in Limpopo to clamp down on illegal mining in identified areas led to the apprehension of twenty-four (24) suspected illegal miners and the confiscation of mining equipment and unprocessed chrome. The suspects were arrested during a joint operation conducted today, on Wednesday 20 July […]
A hijacked truck and 25 tons of copper were recovered and a suspect was arrested within two hours after the hijacking took place in Deal Party yesterday afternoon, 14 July 2022. It is alleged that at about 14:00 the complainant (30) was driving a truck with two trailers transporting copper […]
