Two Chinese nationals aged 43 and 54, are expected to appear in the Cape Town magistrate's Court on Wednesday for charges related to operating an illegal abalone processing facility in Milnerton, Cape Town. The pair was arrested on Monday, 18 May 2020, following an intelligence…
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) acted swiftly on information and intercepted a truck which was en-route to Cape Town carrying a container loaded with cocaine worth over R30.4 million. The truck was intercepted at a petrol station on the…
A 30-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday at his home in Durbanville, Cape Town, following a joint intelligence driven operation led by the Hawks’ Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB), Crime Intelligence and SARS Custom Officials. The joint team tracked a container shipment loaded with MDMA (ecstasy powder)…
FREE STATE – A 30-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday after he was arrested on Wednesday by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in Bloemfontein. The latest arrest brings the number of suspects to seven, initially six foreign…
Five men who stood trial in the Northern Cape High Court for the murder of Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor Johannes Baatjies (49) and his business partner in 2016 have been found guilty for murder. Richard Hasane (36), Richard Magawu (32), Matthews Legodi (52), Frank Baxane…
NORTHERN CAPE – John Henry Routenbach (25), was found guilty and convicted by the Kuruman Magistrates court on Wednesday for illegal possession of a firearm and dealing in endangered species. The accused was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation during August 2019 after…
Die VF Plus het die waarnemende Gautengse LUR vir maatskaplike ontwikkeling, Panyaza Lesufi, dringend versoek om in te gryp na die onwettige sluiting van ‘n skuiling vir haweloses en sopkombuis in Krugersdorp wat daagliks meer as 1 000 honger mense voed. Die Wes-Randse distriksmunisipaliteit het…
VF Plus gaan ʼn dringende aansoek na die hooggeregshof bring om die geldigheid van die Nasionale Rampbestuurswet te betwis en om die hof te vra om te bevind dat die regering dié wet misbruik wat daarop neerkom dat die ramptoestand en die gepaardgaande regulasies ongrondwetlik…
FREE STATE – The Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation team swiftly acted on information and intercepted a truck from Verkykerskop to Harrismith reportedly transporting stolen diesel. The truck was found at Harrismith Truck Stop after it had been towed by breakdown truck on the way.…
NORTHERN CAPE – A 36 year old suspect is expected to appear in the Khathu Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for his alleged role in a cash-in-transit heist that took place in January 2020. The suspect, who was part of a heavily armed group allegedly attacked…