LOCAL A report on crime statistics has been released by Police Minister Bheki Cele for the period between July and September of this year. There were over 10 000 rape reports to the police during this period, and over 4 300 perpetrators were arrested. “Despite being closer to celebrating the[…]
LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has expressed concern about the vast experience in SAPS being lost through senior officers who are retiring. At a recent Police committee meeting of Parliament, Cele told MPs that he signs off nearly 300 retirements every month, leaving him concerned over the experience that is[…]
LOCAL A multi-disciplinary team led by Interpol South Africa, Organised Crime, Detectives, Crime Intelligence and the Special Task Force (STF) have arrested a 46-year-old Israeli gang leader attached to a criminal organisation in Israel called the ‘Abergil Organisation’. The wanted fugitive has been arrested together with seven others at a[…]
Continuous efforts to deal decisively with the crime of possession of flora without documentation and money laundering, led to the arrest of six suspects after an integrated cross border operation. On Monday 10 October 2022, after spending a night in a guest house in a town in the Northern Cape,[…]
Early this morning, a multi-agency integrated operation was conducted in the Wynberg area of Ebor road. At 04h00 on Friday the 28th of October and under the authority of a search warrant, members from the CCT’s Metro Police, Law Enforcement and Traffic Services, along with the South African Police Services[…]
Rapid response by an Ocean View SAPS member led to the arrest of five suspects who committed a house robbery on Saturday. The five suspects aged between 22 and 29 went to an address in Masonwabe Road, Masiphumelele at around 22:50. They forced entry and demanded money from the owner,[…]
Following house robberies that took place in Briar Street in Claremont and Ritchie Avenue, Wynberg on 19 April 2016, police investigations saw the two accused sentenced at the Wynberg Regional court on 11 October 2022. The accused had allegedly gained access to the two properties by forcing their way into[…]
In targeted operations to tackle the shooting incidents that were executed during the last week within the province, SAPS members have confiscated 35 firearms and a large quantity of various calibre ammunition. This comes in the wake of several shootings incidents reported, that occurred in the City of Cape Town[…]
Anichka Penev has been reunited with her family after being kidnapped last week, police have confirmed. The Ukrainian woman, who was found in Khayelitsha on Friday, was dragged from her Audi R8 after gunmen in two cars blocked her vehicle as she drove along Ipswich Road in Blue Downs, Cape Town.[…]
LOCAL One third of the 662 cases referred to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) for investigation in the Western Cape in the 2021/22 financial year required action to be taken against police for incidents including deaths in custody, alleged assaults and rape. While most (447) cases required no further[…]
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