LIMPOPO – The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation members arrested a 35-year-old woman on Wednesday, 24 February 2021 in Thohoyandou for allegedly plotting to murder her ex-husband. It is alleged that the suspect hired a hitman in November 2020 to execute the plot of killing her ex-husband who is a police official in Vhembe District. […]
Rapist gets 10 year jail sentence
KIMBERLEY – On 24 February 2021, Kathu Regional Court sentenced Obakeng Mocumi to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 51-year-old woman and three years for assault GBH. The rape occurred on 05 January 2019 at Deben dumping site. Mocumi lured the victim to the dumping site under the pretence that there are old clothes to […]
Durban drug dealer arrested
DURBAN – Drugs dealing has been of great concern in the province and the police are working tirelessly to remove drug dealers from the community. Drug dealers are known to use vulnerable people to sell drugs. Last night members of the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit conducted an operation in the Durban Central area resulting […]
COVAX to Receive 170 Million AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses
The COVAX facility for coronavirus vaccines will soon get access to 170 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund. The COVAX Facility aims to ensure at least 2 billion vaccine doses are available to 85 of the world’s poorest countries. UNICEF said Thursday that deliveries of the vaccine will begin in […]
Heroin seized from the Teddy Mafia’s storage
PRETORIA – An intelligence driven operation that was conducted by the Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau in Durban with Crime Intelligence Unit and Metro Police on 23 February 2021 led to the arrest of a 41-year-old suspect. He was arrested at the Teddy Mafia’s storage on Table Mountain Street in Shallcross when police pounced […]
Interprovincial vehicle hijacking syndicate dismantled
PRETORIA – The Hawks Serious Organised Crime Team together with Crime Intelligence and Gauteng K9 have arrested two more suspects of an alleged notorious vehicle hijacking syndicate in an interprovincial takedown operation. The syndicate has been on the radar of the authorities for a while. A project driven investigation has consequently linked them to more […]
Ghana Receives 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment Through Global Sharing Program
Ghana has received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global vaccine-sharing program. A flight carrying 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine arrived Wednesday in the capital, Accra, according to a joint statement from WHO and UNICEF, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. The vaccines were manufactured by […]