The shutdown of twenty (20) Illegal gambling sites last week seems to have instituted a dominos effect as the North West Hawks dismantled an additional ten (10) sites in various towns around the North West during the termination of project Gremlin on Monday. The intelligence…
Corly van Rooyen (41) appeared before the Elliot Magistrate court on Monday for fraud, theft and money laundering to the value of R600 000. This occurred after she was arrested during the same day by the Serious Commercial Crime unit of the Hawks. Rooyen is…
An intelligence driven operation led by the Northern Cape Hawks has led to the closure of 20 gambling sites which borders two provinces on Friday. Almost 27 premises in the Northern Cape and North West were pounced on unannounced in a massive operation which included Hawks…
Kimberley- The Northern Cape Hawks welcomed the court outcomes against four suspects sentenced for illegal mining. Ayanda Booi (29), Fikile Sixeshe (37), Monwabisi Vincent Ntsham (46), Kwenza Ndlovu (40) were arrested for illegal mining on 24 April 2016 on De Beers mining area in Kleinzee.…
The National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza has strongly condemned the murder of Warrant Officer Colbern Mashego, a Hawks member, who was gunned down on Sunday. Warrant Officer Mashego was brutally murdered after he was following information of…
The South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) have on Wednesday arrested two Nigerian national for dealing in drugs worth an estimated value of R2 million in Bryanston, North of Johannesburg. Hawks members received a tip off about an illegal business at the suspects’ dwelling in…
Limpopo-The suspect who was arrested on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 by Hawks Anti-Corruption Unit members in connection with the leakage of matric exam paper in Limpopo has appeared in Giyani Magistrate Court today, 16 November 2016 facing theft, fraud and corruption charges. Tinyiko Alphas Khosa…
Three suspects, believed to be members of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) will appear before the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Pretoria on Thursday following their arrest on Tuesday. The suspects, one of whom is a serving…
The Hawks' Serious Corruption have arrested Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Victor Mtshali for corruption and defeating the ends of justice in Kwazulu Natal. Lieutenant Colonel Mtshali was nabbed on Tuesday after he allegedly demanded R10 000 bribe money from a prominent business woman in KZN in…
Two Customs officials from OR Tambo International Airport were arrested on Sunday evening for smuggling cocaine worth R2 million. The suspects aged 29 and 35 allegedly smuggled out an unaccompanied suite case which arrived on a flight from Brazil on Sunday afternoon and left it…