Category: General

EASTERN CAPE – Detectives at SAPS Mount Road are appealing to the community to assist them in identifying the body of a vagrant who was found dead yesterday afternoon in Newton Park.

At about 13:45 police found the body of a black male approx. 60-65 years old lying on his back behind a shopping complex in Newton Park. He was clad in a green jersey, blue overall pants, black beanie and was bare feet.

The identity of the deceased is not known and police is urging anyone who can assist in identifying him and tracing his next of kin to contact D/Lt Col Cokisle Mfunda at SAPS Mount Road on 082 442 1305 or Crime Stop 08600 10111 or their nearest police station. An inquest docket is opened for investigation.

Source: South African Police Service

PARKTOWN – Over 1043 suspects were, over the weekend rounded up by the police in various high density operations conducted across all five districts in Gauteng. Among those arrested are twenty-two drunk and driving suspects arrested in Daveyton, twenty were arrested for being in the country without proper ducumentation. Five suspects were arrested during the raid and closing of liquor outlets on Saturday 29 May 2021 in Daveyton during Operation O Kae Molao led by Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela and other law enforcement agencies.

In Sedibeng District and Ekurhuleni over 390 suspects were arrested during the weekend operation. Among the arrested suspects 12 were arrested for drunk and driving while a number of illegal liquor outlets were closed and liquor confiscated

During the early hours of Saturday, 29 May 2021, another team pounced on the shops in Johannesburg CBD where counterfeit goods with an estimated value of R2.5 million were seized and suspects. A total number of 200 suspects were arrested in Johannesburg District.

Meanwhile, over 157 suspects were nabbed in the West Rand Districts by integrated law enforcement agencies for various offences that include driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Furthermore in Tshwane District over 287 suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, theft, robbery, rape and other serious and violent crimes during the multidisciplinary operation conducted over the weekend.

Seven firearms were recovered during the operations and these will be subjected to ballistic testing to establish possible linkage to other crimes.

The arrested suspects are expected to appear before the respective courts across Gauteng Province in due course.

Source: South African Police Service

FREE STATE – The community served by Zastron SAPS is advised that the police station is temporarily closed due to a Covid-19 related case.

The CSC will operate from the Station Commander’s house in Nr.40 Hoofd Street, Zastron next to the police station. For emergencies and/or enquiries the following numbers can be used:

Station Commander: 082 4676 284

Vispol Commander: 082 466 8509

The station will undergo decontamination and affected members will be subjected to necessary Covid-19 related protocols.

The community will be informed once the police station is operational.

The Provincial Commissioner of the Free State, Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane and management wishes to assure the communities that services will not be hampered during closure of police stations and apologises for any inconvenience that may arise.

Source: South African Police Service

THEUNISEN – A 30-year-old man has been taken into police custody for an alleged murder which occurred on a farm in Theunissen on Sunday, 30 May 2021 at about 11:50.

The body of a male victim, identified as Ditsebe Lesotho, was retrieved from a water canal by police divers after police were summoned to the crime scene. The lifeless body of the deceased was found wrapped with a blanket and tied with wires to the trolley that was allegedly used to drag him from the house, the scene where he was killed.

Upon closer inspection, police discovered that the male sustained an open wound on the head and a knife was stuck on his hip. A hammer, suspected to have been used as a murder weapon, was found and confiscated by police at the scene from where the body was dragged with a trolley.

The suspect, whose acts were witnessed by one of the community members, was apprehended and handed over to the police. A case of murder was opened for further investigation.

A 30-year-old suspect was arrested and will be charged for murder. He will appear at the Theunissen Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 01 June 2021.

Source: South African Police Service

HENNENMAN – An inquest docket has been registered for further investigation after the body of a woman, who was identified as Makgala Nelly Sebanyone (67), was found on a farm in Hennenman on Sunday, 30 May 2021 at about 11:15. She was reported missing on 17 May 2021.

The body was found in a decomposed state in a bushy area under a tree and was positively identified by a family member.

A postmortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death.

Any person who can shed more information on this case should please contact Detective Captain James Mahlatsi of Hennenman SAPS Detective on 082 466 7940 or call Crime Stop at 08600 10111, alternatively send information via My SAPS App

Source: South African Police Service

EASTERN CAPE – Police embarked on operation Vuthu Hawe over the weekend in ensuring that our citizens are safe and secure and perpetrators of crime are sent behind bars for the crime they committed.

The Vuthu Hawe operation is an ongoing crime prevention operation in ensuring that perpetrators that break the law are arrested and our citizens are safe and secure. More than fifty (50) suspects aged between 27 and 52 years were arrested for various crimes committed in the areas. SAPS members were busy with patrols, stop and search, raiding and closing illegal shebeens and apprehended suspects on crimes ranging from drunken driving, possession of a hijacked vehicle (quantum) consuming alcohol under Disaster Management Act Regulations, possession of drugs, rape, murder and possession of stolen property.

In a separate incident Police followed an information they recieved about males that stole livestock from a farm in Bell policing area. Police arrested three suspects linked to the Stock Theft where fourteen heifers and six cows were stolen from a farm. On investigation Police recovered two heifers and other cows were allegedly sold and slaughtered.

These suspects will appear at various Magistrate Courts within Amathole District tomorrow.

The Acting Amathole District Commissioner Brigadier Ngangema Xakavu appreciated the job done by members in ensuring that the perpetrators are behind bars. “This shows great sense of the SAPS mandate to create a safer and secure environment for all and ensure that we fight the stock theft and perpetrators are arrested” he added.

Source: South African Police Service