The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Khehla John Sitole, has welcomed the arrest on 21 February of suspects believed to have been involved in cases of robbery of people being followed from the O. R. Tambo … Read the rest
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Ferguson voids 10 000 arrest warrants
The new municipal judge in Ferguson has recalled all arrest warrants issued before 2015. The decision gives many residents of the troubled Missouri city a fresh start, just days before a court reform law is to take effect.
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Police find more explosives, detonators at suspect’s home
Two blacks are expected to appear in the Brits Magistrate’s Court today on charges of possession of explosives.
North West police spokesperson, Paul Ramoloko, says the suspects were arrested at a petrol station in Bapong village on Thursday with 40 … Read the rest
Durban narcotics team arrests drug dealers
On Thursday, 9 January 2014 members of the Durban Flying Squad Narcotics Task Team brought down another two drug dealers in the Durban area. The two were arrested in two separate busts in different suburbs and police seized rock cocaine, … Read the rest
Police arrest four robbers in KZN
Dundee police and Glencoe K9 members arrested four suspects for business robbery in the Dundee CBD and recovered firearms, stolen cash as well as the getaway vehicle in Newcastle. On 17 December 2013 at 09:15 employees of a retail clothing … Read the rest
Congolese couple arrested with explosives in Springs
A Congolese couple was arrested in Springs, on the East Rand, on Tuesday for possession of explosives and detonators worth about R1.5 million, the Hawks said.
“These devices are normally used during ATM bombings and illegal mining,” Hawks spokesman Captain … Read the rest
Three blacks arrested in Zeerust for murder and house robbery
Three men have been arrested in Zeerust in connection with murder and house robbery, North West police said on Wednesday.
Two men were arrested last month and one took the police to where the stolen items were, said Colonel Sabata … Read the rest
Greek government arrests Golden Dawn leader and MPs
by Hélène COLLIOPOULOU
Greek police on Saturday swooped on the Golden Dawn party, arresting its leadership and hunting for dozens of members across the country in a crackdown sparked by the murder of a leftist musician.
The arrests came a … Read the rest
Two blacks arrested for murder on East Rand
Two men have been arrested in Katlehong for the murder of an Ekurhuleni (East Rand) metro police volunteer, metro police said on Wednesday.
The men, aged 25 and 26, were arrested at 10pm on Tuesday in the Mosiliki and Mopedi … Read the rest
Ex-Soweto policeman arrested for ‘selling police jobs’
A former Soweto police reservist accused of promising people jobs in exchange for money has been arrested, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.
The 39-year-old man was taken into custody on Tuesday night after one of the people who paid him … Read the rest
Egypt arrests Brotherhood’s spiritual leader
Egypt’s military-backed rulers are pressing on in their crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood with the arrest early Tuesday of the group’s spiritual leader who had been in hiding near the huge sit-in in support of the country’s ousted Islamist president, … Read the rest
Arrest made in Cape baby-rape case
A man will appear in the Ceres Magistrate’s Court on Thursday in connection with the rape of a four-month-old baby and seven-year-old boy, Western Cape police said.
Lt-Col Andre Traut said the 25-year-old man, a local farmworker, was arrested on … Read the rest
Counterfeit goods gang arrested near Johannesburg
An alleged kingpin operating in counterfeit goods in the West Rand was arrested in Westonaria on Saturday morning, Gauteng police said.
“Police arrested 15 suspects and recovered goods with a street value of R10 million in the early hours of … Read the rest
No arrest in Corrie Sanders murder case
North West police were still searching on Tuesday for the killers of former world heavyweight boxing champion Corrie Sanders.
“No arrests have been made. Police are busy investigating the case,” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.
The 46-year-old Sanders was at the … Read the rest