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The Organised Crime Unit in Gauteng has recovered three AK47 rifles, a 9mm pistol, and a substantial quantity of ammunition during an operation targeting unlicensed firearms. According to police reports, the intelligence-driven operation was carried out on March 12, 2026, in Lawley Extension 2. The tactical team proceeded to a specific property in the area, […]

 Police in Rust de Winter, operating under the Waterberg District, have arrested two suspects aged 39 and 54 in connection with the possession of suspected stolen property and breaking implements. The arrests were made on Wednesday evening, 11 March 2026, at approximately 20:00. According to authorities, officers were conducting routine patrols when they received information

Members of the Western Cape Flying Squad arrested three suspects on Wednesday following a high-speed chase that ended in Kalk Bay. The suspects were found in possession of stolen property, including an elephant tusk. According to police, the Flying Squad responded to an alert regarding a grey Honda BRV spotted on the Main Road in

A coordinated intelligence-driven operation by multiple law enforcement units in the Nkangala District has led to the arrest of three suspects allegedly involved in a series of business robberies while impersonating police officers. According to police reports, members of the Anti-Hijacking Task Team, Middelburg K9, Middelburg Flying Squad, and the Nkangala Highway Patrol conducted a

A coordinated law enforcement operation in Nirvana, Polokwane, led to the seizure of illicit cigarettes with an estimated value of R25 million and the arrest of a 39-year-old suspect on Wednesday. The operation, carried out on 11 March 2026 within the Westenburg SAPS precinct in the Capricorn District, was prompted by intelligence regarding a warehouse

Police in Kwazakele have arrested six suspects within 30 minutes of a reported robbery in the area on Tuesday. According to police, a 29-year-old man was washing his vehicle outside his flat on Mase Street around 12:00 when he was confronted by suspects who robbed him of his cellphone and an undisclosed amount of cash.

 A 30-year-old man is due to appear in court following his arrest on Tuesday morning for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Members of the SAPS Nelson Mandela Bay Crime Combating Unit (CCU) conducted the arrest at approximately 10:05 on 10 March 2026. Officers spotted a maroon Datsun Go traveling on Kempston Road in

The Mthatha High Court, sitting in Port St Johns, has sentenced 24-year-old Mzomhle Matakhiya to five life terms plus an additional ten years imprisonment for a violent rampage in June 2025 that left three people dead. Matakhiya, a resident of Ngqayimbana locality in Siphaqeni A/A, was sentenced on Thursday, 12 March 2026. He faced charges

 A man and a woman from Delft have been arrested on charges of possessing a prohibited firearm and dealing in drugs following a raid on their residence in the early hours of Thursday morning. Members of the National Intervention Unit (NIU) acted on intelligence regarding suspected illegal activities at a property on Mulanje Street in

 The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein has sentenced 30-year-old Jeremia Sekgoko Tsoanyane to multiple life terms for a series of kidnappings and rapes that occurred between 2021 and 2023, with most attacks taking place in the Magengenene (Phahameng) Cemetery. Tsoanyane, originally from the Peter Swart area in Bloemfontein, was convicted on eight counts spanning