EASTERN CAPE - Omari Shari (26) foreign national was denied bail by East London Magistrate court on 18 May 2021 after his arrest on the very same day on alleged several counts of dealing in drugs. The East London Serious Organised Crime Investigation team of…
WESTERN CAPE – Two suspects aged 28 and 35 are due to appear in the Atlantis Magistrates’ Court on 19 May 2021 where they will face a charge of possession and transporting of illegal abalone in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act 18 of…
The Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) has lodged a notice of intention to defend a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) brought against the organisation by a Canadian mining company, First Quantum Minerals (FQM) at the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. SARW is an independent,…
The successive Lionfish operations, coordinated by INTERPOL, saw nearly 1,000 bricks of cocaine seized in South Africa LYON, FRANCE: Two recent INTERPOL-coordinated operations aimed at disrupting drug trafficking in Africa and the Middle East mobilized law enforcement in 41 countries to arrest 287 individuals and…
LIMPOPO - Nelamo Admoso Etore (40) was found guilty and sentenced for possession of illicit cigarettes by the Mokopane Magistrate's Court on Friday, 14 May 2021. On 08 May 2020, the Police in Zebediela received a tip off about a suspected vehicle that was loaded…
MPUMALANGA –Three suspects aged between 36 and 37 were arrested by members of the Hawks` Serious Organised Crime Investigation Mpumalanga Middelburg and Secunda, Crime Intelligence, assisted by Bidvest and Omega Security during an intelligence driven disruptive ongoing investigation into government infrastructure related crime, on the…
EASTERN CAPE- The former Chief Education Specialist Noxolo Valencia Gwarube (50),former Education Superintendent General Mthunywa Lawrence Ngonzo (58), Education Deputy Director General Monwabisi Raymond Tywakadi (60) ,Education Deputy Director in Information Technology (IT) Tyrone Graig Fourie (48) and Hermanus Bouwer Smith(47) the director of Siegesmund…
KWAZULU-NATAL - Hawks members from Serious Organised Crime unit arrested a 35-year-old suspect for cash in transit robbery which happened at Empangeni last month. It is alleged that security guards were delivering cash at Central Park when they were accosted by armed suspects. The suspects…
KWAZULU-NATAL - A 41-years-old suspect is in custody following his arrest by Hawks members from Serious Organised Crime Investigation this morning. He was arrested for dealing in drug and possession of drugs. The team conducted an intelligence driven operation after receiving information about a suspect…
EASTERN CAPE- The Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team of East London arrested Thembile Mbalo(57) and his company Themba Cartage and Construction cc on 13 May 2021 for alleged charge of fraud. It is alleged that Mbalo as the director of Themba Cartage and Construction cc,…