POLOKWANE: The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation has rescued 15 Ethiopians from a certain house in Polokwane, last night. The men between the ages of 16 and 30 were allegedly held captive at the house. The Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Unit received information about people…
The Minister of Police, Mr Fikile Mbalula condemns the attack incident where Emergency Medical Services personnel were transporting an eight year old child to hospital were ambushed and robbed along the N2 near Borcheds Quarry two days ago. The child later died after being off…
PORT ELIZABETH - Mongezi Kenneth Tafu (37), was sentenced to 25 years direct imprisonment by the Port Elizabeth High court on Wednesday for murder of a security guard, Lamlile Dondashe (45), in February 2016. On 2 February 2016 at approximately, Tafu and two unknown suspects…
PORT ELIZABETH - The Eastern Cape Acting Provincial Head for the Directorate For Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Major-General Zintle Mnonopi has commended the investigating team, the NPA and the SAPS which led to the conviction of Christopher Panayiotou (31), Sinethemba Nenembe (29) and Zolani Sibeko…
CAPE TOWN – A joint intelligence driven operation on Tuesday by members of the Hawks’ Marine group, Department of Agriculture Forest and Fisheries (DAFF) and Dog unit resulted in the arrest of two suspects aged 39 and 42 for running an illegal abalone processing facility.…
CAPE TOWN - A-26-year-old suspect has been arrested on Wednesday afternoon, following the initial arrest of his brother, Edward Tambe Ayuk (37), on 13-September-2017 for alleged rape and human trafficking charges. The pair reportedly ran a prostitution ring, and they would recruit vulnerable females to…
Volgens die polisie se misdaadstatistiek het plaasmoorde en –aanvalle in die 2016/2017 boekjaar skerp toegeneem. Plaasmoorde het met 27,5% en plaasaanvalle met 22,9% toegeneem. In die verslagjaar was daar 74 plaasmoorde (58 in 2015/16) en 638 plaasaanvalle (519 in 2015/16). Nadat die polisie aanvanklik geweier…
During this past weekend the team set up to deal with crimes in and around the OR Tambo International Airport arrested another suspect, bringing the total number of suspects facing prosecution with regards to people allegedly being followed from the airport and robbed to five…
Crime statistics for 2016/2017 released Cape Town, Tuesday 24 October 2017: Today the Department of Police, led by the Minister of Police, Mr Fikile Mbalula, released the annual national crime statistics for the 2016/2017 financial year. These statistics reflect on the period 1 April 2016…
NORTHERN CAPE - The Hawks intelligence driven investigation project, that started in 2004 yielded desired result in ensuring that dagga dealers detained in Prieska and their illegal business enterprise operations were completely halted. Dawid Morris, (60), William Thyaliti,(49), Pieter George, (48) and James Boostaander, (37)…