A 24-year-old restaurant cashier has been arrested by the Hawks on Thursday afternoon in Hopefield, for allegedly compromising customers bank cards data, using an illegal point of sale device. The arrest follow several complaints in the past two months from victims who suffered substantial financial…
The Hawks’ Firearms and Narcotics Bureau Unit arrested a 36 year-old suspect on Wednesday morning for possession of drugs and ammunition following an execution of a search and seizure warrant at a property in Wellington. Five hundred (500) units of Mandrax tablets, 250g of Tik…
A North West man who was arrested by members of the OR Tambo International Airport based task team, appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court yesterday, facing a charge of theft of motor vehicle. The 58-year-old suspect, Moustach Amos Mtshamba of Klerksdorp was arrested after…
In meticulously carried out pre-dawn raids on Friday morning, Members from the Hawks in the Western Cape in the company of SAPS’ Tactical Response Team (TRT) and Flying Squad, arrested six (6) suspects aged between 32 and 48, amongst them a female branch manager for…
The Hawks’ Commercial unit has on Tuesday arrested two suspects, male and female aged 42 and 49 respectively. The arrests followed lengthy internal SARS investigations relating to unclaimed Input VAT claims by several Western Cape municipalities, for the period 2009 to 2011. It is alleged…
Two detectives aged 38 and 30 years, who allegedly conspired to execute a cash transit, appeared briefly before the Kriel Magistrate’s Court following their arrest by the Hawks and SAPS Task Force in the early hours of Friday morning. Constables Tami Kubeka (38) and…
The HAWKS in the Free State have arrested 24-year-old man, who allegedly stabbed and killed Constable Johannes Putsoeli (37) in Botshabelo in February 2016. The suspect was arrested in Winburg Correctional Service on Thursday afternoon after he was sentenced to two years for unrelated robbery…
The HAWKS in the Western Cape have on Wednesday arrested a 41 year old suspect for drug dealing and possession of suspected stolen property valued at approximately R60 000, in Blanco, George. The suspect was apprehended at his residence following a search and seizure operation.…
Six men have been arrested for the gruesome murder of four family members in Lawley, in the West Rand, Gauteng on Tuesday. The suspects were initially arrested over the past weekend for possession of two pistols and a shot gun which were unlicensed. The Hawks…
Hawks Organised Crime Unit, SANEB and Crime Intelligence members had a joint operation which led to the arrest of a 26 years old Nigerian man for possession of drugs in Polokwane on Wednesday, 07 September 2016. The suspect’s apartment was searched and 31 pieces of…