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Suspect arrested for drug possession in Langa,

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert As police continue to clamp down on crime and drugs plaguing residents on the Cape Flats, a 49-year-old foreign national is facing charges of illegal drug possession and is due to appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court soon. Police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg, said the suspect was arrested in Langa on Thursday evening. “Members of Operation Shanela deployed in Langa were conducting crime prevention patrols […]

today27 September 2024

Local

Two suspects arrested amid rising crime and illicit firearm concerns

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen As crime rates continue to rise in South Africa, particularly involving drugs and illegal firearms, reports indicate that the Southern African region is flooded with illicit weapons, fuelling violence, conflict, and organized crime. The South African Police Services (SAPS) spokesperson Wesley Twigg said an 18-year-old suspect is due to appear in the Athlone Magistrates Court on Friday. “The 18-year-old suspect was arrested in David Vanda Street, Betterlife, […]

today26 September 2024

Local

R500m worth of drugs seized during operations in six provinces destroyed

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 this financial year. In this financial year alone, more than R1bn worth of drugs have been destroyed. In the 2022/2023 […]

today3 February 2024

Local

Multi-Disciplinary team created to tackle crime in the Cape Flats

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 morning, Landsdowne Community Police Forum (CPF) chairman, Rafique Foflonker said that the area-based teams are a group of government and […]

today10 December 2023

Local

High-density operations yield results, with two suspects arrested on drug charges

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 methamphetamine and arresting a 44-year-old man, said Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi. “Meanwhile, members deployed to the area on high-density patrols also […]

today16 July 2023

International

UN report says cocaine market booming as meth trafficking spreads

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 for which data is available – from 240 million in 2011, according to the annual World Drug Report published by […]

today26 June 2023

Local

Two Cape Town prison officials nabbed for corruption

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, including the daughter of one of the suspects was arrested at the Vanrhynsdorp prison on the Cape West Coast. They […]

today15 May 2023

Local

Man arrested with over a million rand worth of drugs on the Cape Flats

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 area when they made the unexpected discovery. Swartbooi says the man will appear in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on […]

today15 May 2023

Local

Busted! Western Cape cops nab suspect transporting drugs to the value of R520 000

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 operation after receiving information of a bakkie that was transporting drugs. “A Chevrolet utility bakkie was intercepted on the N7 […]

today18 February 2023

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