GAUTENG - The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation's Head in Gauteng, Major General Prince Mokotedi has applauded the investigation team for apprehending five suspects for theft of millions of rands in foreign currency in an alleged staged cash in transit heist. This comes after the…
Johannesburg - The Acting National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata has welcomed the sentencing of a former magistrate Matobela Johannes Kgomo (58), by the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Friday. Matobela who practised as a magistrate in Randburg was…
Pretoria - 19 April 2018 - The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Multidisciplinary Task Team conducted an early morning intelligence driven Takedown Operation at Rossettenville, Johannesburg, that led to the arrest of seven suspects linked to three kidnapping incidents in Gauteng and the recovery of…
Pretoria- 18 April 2018 - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has learnt with concern of a fake news story based on a document purporting to emanate from the SAPS. The document alleges inter alia that there will be land grabs, riots and plundering from…
MPUMALANGA - Kenneth Simelane (64), Tlhapelo Cordelia Mampane (43), have appeared before the Witbank Magistrate's Court on the 10 and 12 April 2018 respectively after they were arrested for operating a loan shark business. The Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit in a joint operation…
MPUMALANGA - The Evander Regional Court has sentenced Gegama Simon Mahlangu (25), to an effective four years prison term on 10 April 2018 for various counts of fraud. He was facing charges of unlawfully using a skimming device to rip-off unsuspecting motorists of over R40…
Pretoria : 13 April 2018 - The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John Sitole has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of a 29 year old mother in connection with the rape of her two month old baby. In November last year, a doctor at…
Western Cape - Raymond Arend Scheepers (47), has been sentenced to effective eight years imprisonment for dealing in narcotics, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition by the Khayelitsha Regional Court on 10 April 2018. Scheepers was arrested on 27 March 2014, at a Storage…
THE NATIONAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IS APPALLED BY ALLEGED CORRUPTION BY SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS Pretoria: The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John Sitole is appalled at the 17 police officers attached to the East London Port Of Entry who were arrested on allegations of…
POLICE DISCOVER DRUG LAB IN ORLANDO, SOWETO The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John Sitole will be visiting a house in Soweto which was being used as a multi-million rand clandestine drug laboratory. The multi-million rand clandestine drug laboratory is located at Makabeni Street,…