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NIGERIAN MEN ARRESTED FOR DEALING IN DRUGS WORTH R2 MILLION

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 12:38:22 +0000

The South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) have on Wednesday arrested two Nigerian national for dealing in drugs worth an estimated value of R2 million in Bryanston, North of Johannesburg. Hawks members received a tip off about an illegal business at the suspects’ dwelling in Bryanston and further investigated the matter. Police searched the premises […]

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Hawks Nab Customs Officials for Cocaine Smuggling

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:06:55 +0000

Two Customs officials from OR Tambo International Airport were arrested on Sunday evening for smuggling cocaine worth R2 million. The suspects aged 29 and 35 allegedly smuggled out an unaccompanied suite case which arrived on a flight from Brazil on Sunday afternoon and left it at the international arrival hall security passenger exit gate. Hawks’ […]

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Alleged Dealer Busted with Drugs and Ammunition

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:52:10 +0000

The Hawks’ Firearms and Narcotics Bureau Unit arrested a 36 year-old suspect on Wednesday morning for possession of drugs and ammunition following an execution of a search and seizure warrant at a property in Wellington. Five hundred (500) units of Mandrax tablets, 250g of Tik with a combined estimated street value of over R100 000, as […]

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Drug Dealer Nabbed, Stolen Property Seized

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:14:43 +0000

The HAWKS in the Western Cape have on Wednesday arrested a 41 year old suspect for drug dealing and possession of suspected stolen property valued at approximately R60 000, in Blanco, George. The suspect was apprehended at his residence following a search and seizure operation. Mandrax tablets, several units of tik, dagga and suspected stolen […]

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Drugs Found in Nigerians Apartment

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 06:47:35 +0000

Hawks Organised Crime Unit, SANEB and Crime Intelligence members had a joint operation which led to the arrest of a 26 years old Nigerian man for possession of drugs in Polokwane on Wednesday, 07 September 2016. The suspect’s apartment was searched and 31 pieces of rock, 17 pieces of half moon and one sachet including […]

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Airport cops arrest second drug swallower in a week

admin — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 13:05:26 +0000

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 police based there. In the latest incident a 24 year […]

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No bail for R52 million drug man

admin — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:08:56 +0000

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, who were working in conjunction with Crime Intelligence, found heroine […]

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Airport police nab an alleged drug mule

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:53:11 +0000

Pretoria: 25 March 2016 – Last night members of the South African Police Service’s K9 unit based at the OR Tambo International Airport arrested an alleged drug mule after she was found in possession of crystal methamphetamine to the value of over R1 million. The 26-year-old woman was caught shortly after she landed at the […]

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R1.5 Million worth of drugs seized, man arrested

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:49:38 +0000

Pretoria – A 26-year-old man will appear before the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday after the Hawks nabbed him with Ephedrine worth R1.5 million soon after he landed at the OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday. The man, who flew from India, was searched upon arrival and his luggage was found to be containing […]

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Airport cops arrest another foreign national for dealing in Khat

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:00:52 +0000

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 a 45 year old Norwegian national for possession of Khat. […]

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Norway National appears in court for drug dealing

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:13:03 +0000

Pretoria: –Yesterday, a 22-year-old woman, travelling on a Norwegian-issued passport, has appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court after she was arrested late on Friday for dealing in drugs. At the time of her arrest the suspect was found in possession of 17 kilogrammes of Khat worth thirty four thousand and four hundred rand. Najmo […]

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Seven up for dealing in drugs

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 06:13:23 +0000

Pretoria – The Hawks have on Monday morning arrested seven suspects in Potchefstroom, North West as well as Eldorado Park in Johannesburg for dealing in drugs. The suspects, six men and one woman, were nabbed during an early morning raid in the two townships. The Hawks have been monitoring the dealings of the seven suspects […]

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Police swoops down on criminals in Eldoradopark drug operations

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:03:16 +0000

Pretoria: A dedicated task team comprising different units of the South African Police Service (SAPS), has been carrying out multidisciplinary, intelligence-driven operations in the drug-infested Eldoradopark, Johannesburg since December 2015. The operation was initiated to manage the scourge of general and drug-related crimes and their negative impact on the community of Eldoradopark. From the inception […]

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Man busted with R1.4 million worth of mandrax

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:43:49 +0000

Pretoria – A 33-year-old man from Kwazakhele in Port Elizabeth will appear before the Motherwell Magistrate’s Court on Monday after he was arrested for dealing in mandrax on Thursday. The Hawks in the Eastern Cape have been on the suspect’s radar for some time now and when his white conquest was spotted at Truckers Inn […]

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Senior police office and four suspected drug dealers arrested for drug trafficking

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:53:30 +0000

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 he reported for duty at Sophiatown Police Station this morning. The […]

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SAPS aims to intensify anti-drug operations

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 06:08:34 +0000

Pretoria : 5 October 2015 – In line with the government’s National Drug Master Plan, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is committed itself to ensuring that last week’s country wide operation, during which drug dens were raided throughout the country, becomes a regular feature as we seek to take the fight to the drug […]

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Warrior Women

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:25:22 +0000

Mothers of drug-addicted children often have to suffer the pain of seeing their children deteriorate and feeling helpless after having trying everything, to get them help. Often, these mothers also have to deal with angry communities as a result of their children’s actions. But, in this this week’s Special Assignment we see that more and […]

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Out Of Sight

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:18:06 +0000

In November 2009, 50-year old Liz Warren, a popular chef in the seaside town of Hermanus, was arrested in Senegal for drug smuggling. In June 2013, Gauteng businessman Gerhard Hattingh was imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Desperate or greedy, naïve or deceived, there are many reasons why people become trapped in this pernicious web […]

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Suspected drug smugglers appear in the Kempton Park Court

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 06:05:43 +0000

Pretoria : 7 July 2015 – Today a 52 year old man has appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested at the weekend by the South African Police Service’s Transnational Investigation Team as he was about to smuggle crystal meth worth almost a million rand into the country. Emmanuel Akunehuezi Obiwuru […]

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Beast or Bait

admin — Fri, 15 May 2015 10:38:18 +0000

This week Special Assignment investigates the link between drug smuggling and human trafficking. The recent execution of eight of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug smugglers in Indonesia has once again turned the world’s spotlight on the transnational drug trade and the punishment for this crime. In Malaysia, where drug trafficking is a capital crime, a 29-year […]

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SAPS destroys several hectares of dagga crops

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:08:26 +0000

Pretoria: 19 February 2015 – The South African Police Service’s National Air Wing spent more than three weeks spraying dagga plantations with a chemical called Kilo Max, in the greater Lusikisiki area. Drugs have proven to be a very difficult plague to control, not only in South Africa, but throughout the world. These exercises literally […]

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Lolly Town

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:26:03 +0000

“LOLLY TOWN” A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT INVESTIGATION It’s called a Lolly lounge, or Suiker-huis. It’s a name commonly known in predominantly coloured communities like Eldorado Park and Westbury in Johannesburg – a standard house or flat, usually rented, where young girls are lured in with free drug fixes and then led into a life of prostitution […]

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Hawks disrupt a drug-smuggling ring in Johannesburg

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:12:23 +0000

Pretoria: Today, the acting National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks), Major General Mthandazo Ntlemeza, lauded the Hawks in Johannesburg for dismantling a Nigerian drug-smuggling ring. The Hawks team raided the Highrise flats in Berea, Johannesburg yesterday. They did a thorough search and arrested five Nigerian men. The Nigerians are allegedly […]

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