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KWAZULU-NATAL – Three suspects have been released on R2000 bail following their alleged embezzled of at least R78 million. Pamela Pillay (62) a retail manager, Rodney Reddy (51) a lawyer by profession and Pravin Rajadene also a lawyer (55) are alleged to have conspired in 2014 and defrauded a deceased’s estate which was due to …
WESTERN CAPE – Two vehicle examiners were arrested last week Friday in Butterworth by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation Unit arrested for alleged corruption. The two suspects aged 25 and 40, are alleged to part of a wider group that is responsible for the fraudulent certification of roadworthy permits in the Western Cape. The Hawks …
The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John Sitole has strongly condemned the killing of a South African Police Service Captain. The 50 year old Captain was gunned down at approximately 02:30 this morning at Tshiwula Street in New Brighton in the Eastern Cape. The member was stationed at the SAPS Protection and Security Services …
A South African Police Service Tactical Response Team (TRT) in Mahikeng, acting on a tip off from Crime Intelligence arrested a group of alleged CIT robbers, again in the midst of planning a cash-in-transit robbery. The Tactical Response Team arrested 9 suspects and recovered six firearms including one AK-47 rifle, handguns and an Uzi, several …
The multi-disciplinary task team, deployed in Westbury, as part of stabilisation intervention, arrested two policemen last night on charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice. They were arrested following the murder of 21 year old Bradley Sauls who was gunned down while walking in the Westbury on 24 July 2018. The Minister of …
Pretoria: 10 October 2018 – The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Khehla John Sitole has condemned the ongoing attacks and/or killings of members of the Service. In the latest incident, an on-duty 36-year-old police constable, attached to the Mount Road Detective Unit in the Eastern Cape, was shot and killed …
WESTERN CAPE – A joint Hawks’ Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) and Crime Intelligence disruptive operation on Tuesday morning led to the recovery of Mandrax tablets valued at just over a million rand. The operation resulted in the recovery of about 24 000 Mandrax tablets from an apparently abandoned vehicle that was parked near a local …
The South African Police Service has noted with great concern the recent spike in video clips on various social media platforms which in recent times have depicted cases of child kidnappings and abduction. The police have, since these postings started going viral, been trying to confirm if those depictions did or did not occur in …
GAUTENG – A 42 year old suspect is expected to appear at the Krugersdorp Magistrate Court today following his arrest on Sunday for allegedly running a clandestine laboratory. The suspect at a plot in Muldersdrift, west of Johannesburg by an integrated team comprising of the Hawks, Crime Intelligence, and K9 unit. The Hawks received information …
KWAZULU-NATAL – A 22 year old suspect is expected to appear at the Umbumbulu Magistrate Court today on two charges of alleged murder. The suspect was arrested by an integrated team compromising of the Hawks Durban Organised Crime, Crime Intelligence and the National Intervention Unit at Wybank area near Pinetown in the early hours of …