Members attached to the Illicit Mining Combating team have arrested a 44-year-old male suspect for possession of suspected Gold Bearing Material earlier today. The team operationalised intelligence that led them to an identified house in Albany, Meloding near Virginia. Gold bearing material, gold processing equipment including a bottle full of corrosive liquid suspected to be […]
Continue ReadingThe National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Fannie Masemola will brief the media on SAPS countrywide operations for the past month. General Masemola will be joined by the National Head of the DPCI (HAWKS), Lieutenant General (Adv/Dr) Lt Gen Godfrey Lebeya who will also provide feedback on DPCI successes in the past month. The briefing […]
Continue ReadingTwo police officers are receiving medical attention at a hospital after they were shot and injured by a suspect during a shootout which happened at Okhalweni area in KwaMaphumulo in the early hours of Wednesday, 11 September 2024. Police were searching for a suspect who was wanted for serious violent crimes such as murder and […]
Continue ReadingNorth West Operation Shanela continues to bring more perpetrators to book. This after 1 159 suspects were arrested for various crimes around the Province in the operations conducted between Monday, 02 and Sunday, 08 September 2024, by police and other law enforcement agencies. The suspects were amongst others, arrested for rape, murder, assault GBH, malicious […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, 10 September 2024, the police in Seshego collaborated with various security enforcers, including the Limpopo Chaplaincy, CPF, YCOP, Community Safety, Polokwane Municipality, and CSF, to address drug usage within school parameters. Following reports that remote schools were experiencing issues with drug usage, a joint initiative was launched to visit three schools within Seshego […]
Continue ReadingThe accused arrested for the murder of Lebohang Ditabe, has been sentenced in the Odendaalsrus, Regional Court. Mvola Johannes Mbasa, (56), was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for murder. In June 2023, Lebohang Ditabe was fatally stabbed with a knife by the accused. It is alleged that on Friday, 16 June 2023, […]
Continue ReadingConcerted efforts in the fight against illegal firearms across the Limpopo Province, police in Tzaneen confiscated two firearms and 25 live rounds of ammunition at Marironi village in Bolobedu South under the Tzaneen policing area. Subsequent to operation that targeted suspects who committed trio crimes at Letsitele, Tzaneen and Bolobedu policing areas in Mopani District, […]
Continue ReadingThe Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation (SCCI) arrested an additional (55) years old suspect who is alleged to be involved in the R1.2 million graft of the Corporate Social Investment Programme (CSI) of a reputable bank. The suspect handed himself over this morning and was processed at Johannesburg Central police station. He will be facing […]
Continue ReadingThe National Head of the DPCI, Lt Gen (Dr/Adv) Lebeya will conduct a visit to Sibanye Stillwater mine near Carletonville together with the United Nations Office Drugs and Crime to engage on how to tackle transnational illegal mining. Members of the media are invited as per details below: Date: Friday, 13 September 2024 Times: 12:00 […]
Continue ReadingA manhunt is underway for a group of armed suspects who allegedly robbed a construction company situated in Tafelkop in Motetema policing area, Sekhukhune District, on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, at approximately 20:00. Preliminary reports indicate that a security officer was accosted by approximately eight suspects at gunpoint. The suspects tied up the security officer […]
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