The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) arrested a Major General on corruption charges on Sunday, 13 August 2017. Following a lengthy joint investigation between the Hawks and Crime Intelligence into alleged corrupt activities, Major General Thuto Gaokgakwe Phefo (55) the Provincial Head of Legal…
Three bust for dealing in drugs at ORTIA Pretoria : 12 August 2017 - Three people have been arrested for dealing in drugs at the O R Tambo International Airport in separate incidents. Two of the suspects, a 37-year-old man and a woman aged 27,…
PRETORIA - A 42-year-old Administration Clerk attached to the Department of Home Affairs was arrested for corruption by the Gauteng Hawks' Anti-Corruption Unit on Friday afternoon. The Hawks team spearheaded by women pounced on the man while busy at work station at the corner of…
WESTERN CAPE - Pierre Gideon Schreuder (57), briefly appeared at the Bellville Specialized Commercial Crime court on Tuesday after he was arrested by the Hawks for alleged tender fraud. During 2008 to 2014, Schreuder allegedly conspired and fronted as black economic empowerment (BEE) under an…
Northern Cape - Jennifer Magdalene Mia (35) has appeared before the Kimberley Magistrate's Court on Thursday, 10 August 2017 after, she, together with other three cash loan operators were arrested for contravening section 40 (3) of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005. . The…
WESTERN CAPE: A couple aged 53 and 55 respectively are expected to appear before the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on the 1 September 2017 for alleged income tax fraud. The duo, directors of several companies, allegedly submitted false claims to the South African Receive of…
In just a matter of hours before dawn today a police officer was killed and four others wounded in the Gauteng and Western Cape Provinces respectively. In Gauteng, two police constables from Dobsonville were conducting patrols in Braamfischerville when they were shot at and wounded…
Gauteng - A 34 year old suspect will be facing charges of murder for the brutal killing of a 24 year old jockey. The young jockey was reported missing after he disappeared from the Turffontein racecourse on Monday, 24 July 2017. Members from the National…
During a joint operation, various stakeholders including SAPS and Customs and Excise, seized a bag containing rhino horns and arrested a woman at the O R Tambo International Airport yesterday. Acting on intelligence, the team identified and intercepted the specified suitcase at the luggage transfer…
The Acting National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata has hailed the dismantling of a clandestine drug laboratory in Dobsonville, Soweto, and the arrest of a 25 year old suspect as a significant victory on the availability and…