South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) along with authorities overseas are investigating an international drug smuggling cartel. This after Monday’s R700 million cocaine bust in Port Elizabeth. Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said investigations are ongoing. “We are talking about uncut crack cocaine that is worth more than R700[…]
A second suspect was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a R8.9m drug bust in Somerset West in the Western Cape last week. The 45-year-old suspect is believed to be the lessee of the storage facility in Somerset West Business Park where large quantities of tik, heroin and mandrax were[…]
Two accused have appeared briefly in courts in Cape Town on fraud charges related to vehicle finance. Corinne Lambert, aged 47, was arrested last week and appeared in the Goodwood Magistrates Court for allegedly submitting fraudulent documents aiding her to obtain vehicle finance with fictitious documents last year. The 54-year-old[…]
Two Hawks officers and a former police constable appeared in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on charges of fraud on Monday, according to Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi. “The three allegedly misrepresented a businessman who needed services of a private investigator and they allegedly hatched a scam to defraud[…]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that the case of released hostage Liyaqat Parker is still under investigation. The police’s lieutenant colonel Andrè Traut explained that the finer details of the case cannot be disclosed at this stage. Following weeks of unconfirmed reports of requests for Bitcoin ransoms[…]
Themba Maseko’s testimony to the commission that in preparation for the inquiry he struggled to get information from the Hawks. The Hawks have come under the spotlight in the State Capture Inquiry underway in Parktown, Johannesburg. Several witnesses have implicated the police’s elite unit in their testimony. Evidence leader Vincent[…]
This comes after former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas accused Major-General Zinhle Mnonopi of trying to deliberately sabotage the investigation into the Guptas’ alleged attempt to bribe him. Jonas testified before the commission in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Friday. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has since called for an urgent investigation[…]
Three men were rescued from two alleged human traffickers in Cape Town over the weekend, the Hawks said on Tuesday. A taxi driver allegedly picked up the men, aged 21 and 22, from their houses in the Northern Cape after they were promised jobs in Cape Town, said Captain Philani[…]
A recent spate of bomb threats in public places in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape have heightened panic and fear, however authorities have not yet determined what is driving these incidents. A number of local shopping complexes were evacuated in Cape Town after officials were alerted about alleged explosive devices on[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has expressed relief that the Hawks have identified the perpetrator involved in gruesome knife attack at the Malmesbury masjid. Two worshippers were killed, and two others injured, when the perpetrator attacked them whilst they were performing I’tikaaf during Ramadan. 74 year old Ismail Bassa and[…]
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