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Eight more arrests in international drug smuggling probe by Hawks

Eight more suspects allegedly linked to an international cocaine smuggling network between South Africa and Brazil were expected to face drug smuggling charges in the Belville magistrate's court on Tuesday after handing themselves over to authorities. They were arrested in an ongoing probe by the Hawks, Australian Federal Police and the FBI that followed a R400m cocaine bust on a highway in Gauteng last year. The driver of a bakkie, […]

today1 November 2022

Local

Communities must report suspicious activity around Transnet fuel pipelines: Hawks

LOCAL Hawks’ spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Philani Nkwalase has called on the community of eMalahleni in Mpumalanga to report any suspicious activity around the Transnet fuel pipelines. This follows a syndicate linked to the theft of fuel that has been damaging essential Transnet infrastructure. An alleged kingpin linked to Transnet fuel theft is expected to appear in the Witbank Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The Hawks arrested the 35-year-old suspect in Pretoria on […]

today20 October 2022

Local

Hawks looking for three ‘bogus doctors’ in Western Cape

The Hawks in the Western Cape are seeking assistance from the public to trace three bogus doctors, two of whom failed to appear in court again after being charged with fraud and the contravention of the Medicines and Related Substances Act and the Health Professions Act. The Hawks said on Wednesday Bunnel Kitete Tunda and Jeremy Liyongo Bompemo were arrested in 2018 during an operation by the Hawks' serious commercial […]

today8 September 2022

Local

Hawks probing cases worth R1.5 trillion

LOCAL The Hawks says it is currently handling about 22 000 cases of more than half a million charges with a monetary value of more than R1.5 trillion. The national head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya, says these cases involve approximately 23 000 suspects of which 12 360 have already been secured at court while 11 159 are still pending. He says of the cases under investigation, close to […]

today24 August 2022

Local

Hawks confident of prosecutions against those identified as July unrest instigators

The Hawks say that they’re convinced that they have prosecutable cases against individuals who have been identified as instigators of last year’s July unrest. Eight more alleged instigators have been arrested, adding to the 26 that have already appeared in court. The group also appeared at the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and were released on R3 000 bail. They face charges of conspiracy to commit public violence, incitement to commit […]

today19 August 2022

Local

Hawks confident they have a strong case against 22 suspects in relation to the July 2021 unrest

A member of the military inspects damage at a looted mall. Head of the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal Leseja Senona, says although the investigation that led to the arrest of 22 suspects in relation to the July unrest, they are confident that they have a strong case. “I must say this was a complex and sophisticated one. And that there were a lot of people that we were looking at as […]

today13 August 2022

Local

DA reports Western Cape speaker to Hawks over alleged expenses fiddles

LOCAL The DA has reported the speaker of the Western Cape legislature to the Hawks for alleged expenses fiddles. In a statement on Saturday, interim provincial leader Tertuis Simmers said whistle-blowers had raised the alarm over subsistence, travel and entertainment allowance claims by Masizole Mnqasela. Simmers said documents containing protected disclosures by whistle-blowers had been handed to the Hawks. They alleged fraud and/or corruption by Mnqasela. The statement said: “The […]

today21 May 2022

News

Over four tons of cocaine seized in South Africa since March

NATIONAL Since March this year, more than four tons of cocaine have been seized in South Africa. According to a media statement by the Hawks, R500 million worth of drugs were seized at Durban Harbour last month in an operation by the South African Narcotic Enforcement Bureau of the Hawks from Gauteng’s national office and Durban units. Police say the team acted on information received. It is alleged that the […]

today8 August 2021

Local

Hawks to probe leaking of maths exam question paper

The Department of Basic Education has been meeting with the Hawks regarding the Priority Crime Unit’s investigation into the leaking of the matric Maths Paper 2. It emerged on Monday, that the paper was leaked before it was written and that Gauteng and Limpopo learners had seen it. The department’s spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says learners in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Western Cape are also believed to have seen the paper. […]

today18 November 2020

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