EASTERN CAPE – Jonathan Jeremy Perring (37), Keanon Terblanche (28) and Christo Shaun Swartz (30) appeared in the Gqeberha New Law Regional Court on 15 July 2021 where they were each sentenced to 15 months direct imprisonment or R75 000 fine for theft of a…
NORTH WEST – Two suspects aged 31 and 72 were arrested in Vryburg on Thursday by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation for dealing in Rhino horns. The pair were arrested during a buy and bust operation where they allegedly attempted to sell Rhino horns.…
A classic symbol of death, and synonymous with grim foreboding events, movies and books are often used to illustrate vultures as gloomy and villainous creatures. Some cultures even practice sky burials, which link vultures directly to the natural cremation of loved ones, and in other…
GAUTENG – Two suspects aged 38 and 39 are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on charges of illegal possession and transportation of rhino horn, on Wednesday, 03 March 2021. Benoni K9 unit followed up on intelligence regarding a planned illegal rhino horn…
WESTERN CAPE – A foreign, Abdurahman Rashid (45) received hefty fines and suspended sentence in the Cape Town Magistrate Court today for abalone poaching. On 11 November 2020 , Rashid was found in possession of Abalone worth more than R2 million . Rashid entered into…
GAUTENG – Yesterday, 18 January 2021 the Kempton Park Regional Court remanded Kelvin Chigwede (36) in custody for a charge of illegal dealing in rhino horns. In December last year, Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime in Germiston, Benoni SAPS and the South African National Parks (SANPARK)…
A 23 years old suspect was arrested on Friday in Hartebeesfontein by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation assisted by members of Klerksdorp Tactical Response Team and Stilfontein Stock Theft unit for contravening the NEMBA Act. The police were following up on information when they…
KWAZULU-NATAL – Three men aged between 47 and 32 were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after Hawks members received a tip off of illegal hunting in one of the farms in Ixopo the previous day. The Port Shepstone Serious Organised Crime Investigation…
An intelligence driven operation has landed three suspects in jail after they were found with six rhino horns. The operation comprising of the Serious Organised Crime Investigation, Detectives, Crime Intelligence, Tactical Response Team, Tracking Team and the Local Criminal Record Centre ensued after it emerged…
Recent attacks by a lioness on a game ranger in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park and that of a crocodile attack on a young lady in the Umhlatuze River in Ntambanana could be directly attributed to the impact of the desperate drought conditions that have gripped the…