EASTERN CAPE – A 28 year old suspect who has been linked to armed robberies in three magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape is behind bars. On Wednesday he appeared in both the Mthatha and Elliotdale Magistrates courts respectively for an alleged cash in transit…
GAUTENG – Three suspects were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly operating an illegal gold processing refinery in Zuurbekom plots. The three men aged between 21 and 47 were arrested during an integrated operation comprised of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation, the West Rand Tactical…
GAUTENG – Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in Johannesburg and Gauteng flying squad nabbed four suspects for possession of suspected stolen property with an estimated street value of R3 million on Sunday at Alrode, east of Johannesburg. Members swiftly responded on information received regarding a…
MPUMALANGA – Sthembiso Amon Mchumu (36) was found guilty and sentenced to five years direct imprisonment in the Middelburg Regional Court on Monday, 17 February 2020 for attempted kidnapping. The accused was further sentenced to an additional five years imprisonment which is wholly suspended for…
FREE STATE – Maria Thato Ramona (39), appeared before the Wepener District Court after was arrested after she allegedly tried to kidnap a 12-year-old boy from Lesotho on Thursday, 13 February 2020. The boy was apparently from a local school in Mafeteng, Lesotho reportedly on…
WESTERN CAPE – Brian Albertus Baumann (53), is expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court tomorrow after he was arrested last week Thursday and made a court appearance on the same day for alleged fraud and theft charges. Baumann was arrested following an investigation…
Pretoria: 16 February 2020 – The South African Police Service’s Serial and Electronic FCS Investigation (SECI), a specialised section within Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) has arrested five alleged sexual predators in Gauteng during an operation code named ‘Moonlight’ conducted between the…
WESTERN CAPE – The Serious Commercial Crime Investigation of the Hawks is searching for Gerhard Niewoudt Olivier (34) for alleged fraud. Olivier is alleged to have siphoned almost R18.4 million from unsuspecting victims in a farm investment scheme as far back as 2010. He allegedly…
WESTERN CAPE – Two former Woodstock Police Station police officers convicted on drug trafficking charges were sentenced to 10 years each in prison on Monday. The two convicted former police officers, 37 years old Godwin Bradley Barnard and 54 years old Isak Stefanus Hendricks were…
KWAZULU-NATAL – A Road Accident Fund (RAF) official, Nobuhle Abigail Magwaza (40), who is a claims and legal officer, made her first appearance in Durban Magistrates court on Friday (07 February 2020) and faces charges of corruption after being apprehended by the Hawks’ Durban Serious…