NORTHERN CAPE –The Hawks Serious Corruption Investigating Unit has served a 63 year old suspect with summons for alleged fraud, corruption and perjury. It is alleged that during February 2009, the suspect unlawfully, falsely and with intent to defraud, misrepresented himself to the Department of…
Pretoria: 1 March 2020 - Yesterday at about 10:30, a police detective attached to Garsfontein SAPS in Gauteng was allegedly killed by the suspect he and his two colleagues were arresting on a case of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH). It…
KWAZULU-NATAL – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation has welcomed the lengthy sentences that were handed down to two men for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The Ntuzuma Regional Court convicted and sentenced Bongani Shongwe (32) and Mageza Mbambo (30) on Friday after they carried a…
Yansen Feng and three other accomplices will be facing charges of corruption when they appear in the Randburg Magistrates court on Monday. This is consequent after Feng solicited a gratification from the investigating officer whilst he was appearing on a wildlife trafficking offence last week…
EASTERN CAPE – Three Eastern Cape traffic officers, Mzuvukile Nelson Nkontso (53), Phathekile Dinginto (47) and Noluvuko Kondile Vuba (32), were sentenced to a combined twenty years imprisonment for corruption. The sentencing of the trio is consequent to a thorough probe by the Serious Corruption…
A joint multi-disciplinary team, including the Hawks, Crime Intelligence, the SAPS, Gauteng Metro Police and other stakeholders managed to arrest five alleged cash-in-transit heist suspects. The five were arrested in Johannesburg on Wednesday and subsequently appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court under heavy police guard…
MPUMALANGA – Four suspects were arrested in Ogies, Mpumalanga on Thursday for fuel theft. Walter Lunga (23) and Andrew Ukamahwapara Kawocha (52) were arrested at a clandestine house by Hawks officers, accompanied by crime intelligence, the tactical response team (TRT), public order police, K9, environmental…
MPUMULANGA - As part of action to combat fuel theft two men have been arrested and a number of vehicles seized in Ogies, Mpumalanga on Thursday. Hawks officers, accompanied by crime intelligence, the tactical response team (TRT), public order police, K9, environmental inspectors, Transnet officials…
KWAZULU-NATAL – Two accused, Riaz Rasool (40) and his wife Emmashnie Rasool (39) briefly appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday for fraud. The two allegedly defrauded the complainant an amount of R12 million by luring him to fund their business. The…
FREE STATE – The Hawks are investigating multiple instances of tampering at a Transnet fuel pipeline on the road to Koppies Dam, Bloemfontein. Initial indications suggest that it was a well organised crime which was executed underneath. The suspects drilled their way into the pipeline,…