An intelligence-driven operation was conducted after members of the Welkom Anti-Gang Unit received information about a male person selling drugs in the Welkom CBD. The information was operat... Read more
Police in the Province continue to deal effectively with illegal mining activities. This became evident when 10 suspected illegal miners were arrested on Friday, 16 August 2024, during a Cri... Read more
Three suspects aged between 25 and 39-years-old were arrested for unlawful possession of rhino horns in Piet Retief today, Wednesday 21 August 2024 around 08:45. According to information, me... Read more
The sister operation to Vala Umgodi, Operation Knock-out, runs parallel with the actions of Vala Umgodi in the fight against illicit mining. Both in the Lejweleputswa and surrounding areas.... Read more
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni led yet another successful multidisciplinary high-density Operation Shanela on the Golden Highway, Orange Farm, where at a... Read more
Operation Shanela once again yielded great successes in the fight against crime in the Free State where 1051 people were arrested. The aim of Operation Shanela is to look for unlicensed fire... Read more
Two taxi drivers, a bakkie driver plus thirty-eight (38) undocumented Mozambican passengers, ages between 17 and 40, are expected to appear before the Barberton Magistarte’s Court on M... Read more
Under the leadership of the Gauteng Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni, the recent High-Density Operation carried out across all districts in Gauteng has yielded out... Read more
Efforts by police to eradicate substance abuse which remain some of the major contributors to serious and violent crimes over weekends yielded excellent results with the arrest of 70 suspect... Read more
Members from the Elliot Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit’s continued effort to prevent and detect stolen stock yielded success in Ugie. Members from Elliot STU who work across d... Read more
