Police confirmed the destruction of drugs worth R500m earlier this week. The drugs were confiscated during police operations in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Free State, Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga. They included cocaine, heroin, Mandrax and cannabis, according to police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe. “This is the fifth drug destruction process in[…]
By Ragheema Mclean In response to ongoing gang violence and crime plaguing the Cape Flats, the Western Cape Government has taken a proactive step by establishing a multi-disciplinary task force dedicated to addressing crime in high-risk areas such as Hanover Park. Speaking on the VOC Sunday Live show on Sunday[…]
Operation Restore police officers arrested two men for possession of drugs in Delft on the outskirts of Cape Town on Friday. They were deployed to the area to quell ongoing gang violence and were conducting stop-and-search operations during which they searched a house in The Hague, confiscating a consignment of[…]
Cocaine demand and supply are booming worldwide, and methamphetamine trafficking is expanding beyond established markets, including in Afghanistan where the drug is now being produced, says a United Nations report. The number of people taking drugs rose by 23 percent to 296 million in 2021 – the most recent year[…]
Two prison officials have been arrested at the Goodwood Correctional Facility in Cape Town. They are allegedly involved in corrupt activities including soliciting money from offenders and smugguling drugs. They were arrested by the Hawks on Monday morning. In January, a correctional services official, as well as four other people,[…]
Police have arrested a 32-year-old man in Elsies River on the Cape Flats after he was found in possession of drugs with an estimated street value of R1.2 million. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says the Flying Squad had been following up on information regarding a truck that was hijacked in[…]
The Moorreesburg police arrested a 37-year-old man on Friday morning for transporting drugs with an approximate value of R520 000. The suspect will appear the Moorreesburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Bonnie Nxumalo says the Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau with Crime Intelligence Counter Narcotics conducted an[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen The City of Cape Town’s Metro Police discovered a consignment of drugs at a property on Turflynn Road in Hanover Park on Wednesday. Police received information of drug dealings taking place on the premises and responded to it swiftly. The Metro Police K9 Kalisi found the presence[…]
INTERNATIONAL UN experts have called on Saudi Arabia to immediately halt executions for drug offences and raised concerns about a Jordanian man believed to be at imminent risk of execution. The call comes after Saudi Arabia carried out a wave of execution of inmates jailed on drugs offences, with 20 people put[…]
Police members in the Western Cape remain committed to rid the communities of drugs in a bid to provide a safer environment. Police members of the West Coast Rural Flying Squad responded to information of a drug peddler travelling on the N7 highway in the direction of Cape Town transporting[…]
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