The South African Police Service’ (SAPS) Head Office Organised Crime Investigations Unit have recovered military explosive devices and equipment in Benoni, Gauteng. The members were following up on information that the explosives were allegedly going to be delivered to illegal miners on Snake road in Benoni. The team immediately operationalised the information and descended on …

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The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has strongly condemned an incident in which two security guards were reportedly shot by two armed suspects who also robbed them of their service rifle and a pistol. The incident is said to have occurred on Thursday 22 December 2022 at around …

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The Thabo Mofutsanayana District Executive Detective Structure, Anti-Gang and Members of Public Order Police have on Monday and Tuesday arrested nine suspects for alleged arson, malicious damage to property and assault with intend to cause grievous bodily harm. This is after a pensioner and his children were on Saturday 17 December 2022 attacked by farm …

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A juvenile suspect (17) who reportedly escaped from lawful custody on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 in the hands of his probation officers was handed over to the authorities at Bushbuckridge SAPS by his family members on 22 December 2022. It is reported that the suspect was initially arrested after being fingered in a robbery incident …

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Willowvale Mounted Unit and Willowvale police members embarked on Operation Vala Konke and arrested a 30-year-old male for possession and dealing in drugs on the night of 22 December 2022. Police followed up on information they received about a suspect selling drugs in Nxanxashe Locality in Willowvale. On their arrival they searched him and found …

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On Thursday, 22 December 2022 members of Gauteng Provincial Highway Patrol and Organised Crime Investigation (OCI) Tracing team recovered a consignment of dagga and drugs with an estimated value of R200 000-00 in Meredale, south of Johannesburg. The members reportedly operationlised information and proceeded to the identified address. Upon their arrival they found bags of …

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Police are in pursuit of suspects involved in a robbery incident that occurred in a certain fuel station at Embalenhle in the early hours of Thursday 22 December 2022 around 03:20. During the incident it is alleged that a group of armed suspects detonated some explosives which damaged an ATM machine and suspects made off …

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A sting operation executed by the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation team led to the arrest of two suspects in connection with the post office robbery at Ga-Matlala. Three unknown gunmen went to Mokone Post Office at Ga-Matlala Village outside Polokwane and robbed multiple victims at gunpoint. They fled the scene with cash and cellphones …

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The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela is leading the 2022 Safer Festive Season Operation in the province which has thus far yielded some positive results. The General on 22 December 2022 conduct an inspection on operations and visited Oshoek Port of Entry and other places in Gert Sibande …

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The Police in Bela-Bela have opened two counts of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery after two women were shot dead and the other injured whilst travelling in a bus in the early hours of Thursday morning, 22 December 2022. Three suspects apparently boarded a Harare-bound bus at Bosman in Pretoria, pretending to be passengers. …

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