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Police officials arrested two suspects on charges of possession of unlicenced firearms and ammunition today

By Kouthar Sambo Police officials arrested two suspects on charges of possession of unlicenced firearms and ammunition in two separate incidents today. This comes after officers conducted a search in Mfuleni when a man attempted to escape through the back door. Police detected the suspects and recovered a 9mm Norinco Star pistol and six 9mm hollow points rounds. "A further search of the premises led the offices to recover four […]

6 October 2023

Local

Dr Nandipha Magudumana has a chance to win leave to appeal bid: Expert

Legal expert, Melusi Xulu believes there is a chance that Dr Nandipha Magudumana could win her bid to have her arrest in Tanzania and subsequent deportation to South Africa be declared unlawful, due to technicalities in the case. The High Court in Bloemfontein is expected to hand down judgment on her application for leave to appeal on Tuesday. Magudumana, girlfriend of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, is charged with aiding and […]

18 July 2023

Local

NPA opposes Dr Nandipha’s request to declare her arrest, deportation unlawful

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it will oppose the urgent application of the convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester’s partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana. The application in which Magudumana is seeking to have her arrest in Tanzania and deportation to South Africa declared unlawful, will be heard in the Free State High Court on Friday. Dr Nandipha Magudumana seeks acquittal, challenges arrest in Tanzania: Magudumana and Bester were arrested in […]

26 May 2023

Local

Authorities to begin process of returning Bester to SA

South African authorities are set to begin the process of returning fugitive Thabo Bester, following his recent arrest in Tanzania. This comes just days after South Africa’s bid to have two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) failed. A high-level delegation composed of various law enforcement authorities is in Tanzania to bring Bester and his partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana back to South Africa. […]

11 April 2023

Local

Local woman arrested for murdering SAPS sergeant

The Hawks’ National Priority Violent Crimes (NPVC) team arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of Sergeant Sithembiso Mnatwana. The police official who was attached to Cape Town Central police station was shot and killed in September last year in front of his residence in Samora Machell. The case was allocated to the NPVC team of the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation and their search revealed that Babalwa Rulwa-Mnatwana, […]

12 February 2023

International

Egypt: 2 TikTokers arrested, accused of belonging to a ‘terror group’

Two Egyptian TikTokers have been arrested and ordered into pretrial detention after shooting a parody of a prison visit. Basma Hegazi and Mohamed Hosam have been accused of spreading false news and belonging to a terror organisation. Several TikTokers have been arrested in Egypt and charged with various offences, including "violating family values." Last year there was a spate of arrests of women using social media. In one particularly high-profile case Haneen […]

30 January 2023

Local

Suspects arrested for unlicensed firearms and dealing drugs

Crime prevention operations in the Cape Metropole yielded positive results when police members arrested suspects for the possession of unlicensed firearms. Police members of the Anti-Gang unit pursued information and tactically approached an address in Helderberg Street in Tafelsig at about 19:00. Upon entering the premises, they ensued with a search and confiscated a 357 magnum revolver with ammunition hidden in a dustbin. They subsequently arrested a 28 year old […]

27 January 2023

Local

Western Cape man arrested for theft of copper cables worth R400,000

Police in the Western Cape arrested a man this week for stealing copper cables worth R400,000. Provincial police spokesperson Ndakhe Gwala said the cables were recovered in Chicago, Paarl east, on Wednesday. “The station received a tip-off and assembled a team of crime prevention unit members, sector managers and new recruits to follow up on the information,” said Gwala. “They subsequently raided three houses in Chicago, when at the third […]

6 January 2023

Local

Israel’s most wanted gang leader, seven others arrested in Bryanston

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 house in Bryanston. The Israeli gang leader has been on Interpol’s Red Notice from 2015. He is a wanted suspect […]

17 November 2022

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