The Organised Crime wing of the Hawks in Middelburg and Secunda, Mpumalanga together with Ermelo Crime intelligence officers have arrested a Cape Town man with 38 bags of heroine, valued at R38 million on Wednesday. The officers were acting on information about a vehicle which…
Media Statement by the Acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, Lierutenant General Khomotso Phahlane on the meeting with Afriforum on incidents of violence on farms and small holdings. Ladies and gentlemen of the media, Senior management of the South African Police Service,…
Pretoria – Ibraimo Candeiro, a 42-year-old Mozambican national who was arrested on Sunday night has been denied bail by the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court yesterday (Tuesday). Candeiro was driving his vehicle when he was stopped at Chrissiesmeer, Mpumalanga and upon searching the vehicle the Hawks members,…
MEDIA STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE DIRECTORATE FOR PRIORITY CRIME INVESTIGATION (HAWKS) The Star key role in selling Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza to the public is that he is hideous and corrupt. That tactic continues to be the staple of how The Star…
Pretoria – A police constable has been arrested shortly after he and other five accomplices robbed a cash-in-transit vehicle in Kraaifontein, Cape Town on Tuesday night. The suspects, two of them in full police uniform, used a marked police van to pull over a cash-in-transit…
Chairperson, Minister of Police, Mr. NPT Nhleko and all Colleagues, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Mr. F. Beukman, Honourable Members of Parliament, All MECs present, A/National Commissioner of Police, Lt. Gen Phahlane & all SAPS members, All National Heads of SAPS Entities (IPID,…
Johannesburg – The Hawks in Gauteng have on Wednesday morning arrested three SAPS employees stationed at Brakpan police station's support service for defrauding the state of R37 000 in false overtime claims. The mastermind, who works at the station's finance department, created overtime claims for…
Pretoria – 12 April 2016: The South African Police Service (SAPS) would like to issue a warning to the public to be aware of a fraudulent scam in which victims receive a text message stating that a SAPS case has been opened against them. Once…
The Minister of Police, Mr Nkosinathi Nhleko has noted the reports of alleged intimidation of the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters by in Sandton as reported widely in the news media The Minister has called on the Julius Malema to report to the nearest…
Pretoria: 1 April 2016 - Two immigration officers based at the OR Tambo International Airport have today appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court after they were arrested by a police task team for corruption and defeating the ends of justice. The immigration officers, Vusani…