A 25-year-old woman arrested in possession of drugs with an estimated street value of R456 000 at the OR Tambo International Airport appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on 2 November 2016. Linah Sonto Umezikile was arrested shortly after disembarking a plane from Sao…
A Tanzanian national Karim Mussa Kondo, 27, has been sentenced to six years direct imprisonment by the Kempton Park Magistrates Court for drug dealing and bribery last Thursday. Kondo was arrested early this year after landing at the OR Tambo International Airport from Dar es…
A sting operation by members of the HAWKS, Crime Intelligence and K9 has led to the arrest of three suspects in Uitenhage. Early Tuesday morning, the joint team intercepted a Nissan bakkie in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, loaded with approximately 15200 mandrax tablets, with street value…
Pretoria: 10 June 2016- Continuous attempts by drug mules and dealers at using the OR Tambo International Airport as a transit hub to deliver drugs else where in the country and beyond continue to suffer tremendously due to the heightened level of alertness by the…
Pretoria – Ibraimo Candeiro, a 42-year-old Mozambican national who was arrested on Sunday night has been denied bail by the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court yesterday (Tuesday). Candeiro was driving his vehicle when he was stopped at Chrissiesmeer, Mpumalanga and upon searching the vehicle the Hawks members,…
Pretoria : 4 March 2016 - The ongoing efforts by the South African Police Service aimed at ensuring that the OR Tambo International Airport is not being used as a transit channel for drug smuggling continues to pay off, the latest being the arrest of…
Pretoria : A joint intelligence-driven operation between the South African Police Service (SAPS) crime fighting units, including the Hawks made a breakthrough today in its efforts to curb drug dealing, when five people, including a senior police officer suspected of being part of a drug trafficking syndicate operating in and around the Johannesburg area were arrested. The 51-year-old colonel was arrested just after…