Two suspects, a man were arrested for allegedly having around R15 000 worth of clothing in their possession in Jeffreys Bay yesterday afternoon. The pair were in a rented car driving suspiciously around a shopping mall parking lot when alert police patrol officers stopped them and searched the vehicle around 2 pm on 24 May….
Month: May 2019
Man arrested for stealing inside cop station
Alert Storms River police arrested a 32 year-old man allegedly in the act of stealing inside the local cop station earlier today. After scaling a boundary wall and forcing a window open, the suspect allegedly tried to take a computer and was caught in the act with two memory sticks in his pocket. The…
Incoming SA Cabinet vows to bring change
On 9 May 1994, 25 years ago, the late struggle stalwart Albertina Sisulu rose from her seat in the first democratic sitting of Parliament to nominate former statesman Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. Yesterday, ANC’s incoming Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina rose to nominate Cyril Ramaphosa for the position of President. Addressing the house…
Oyster Bay man arrested for possession of R11000+ drugs
The SAPS seized illicit drugs with an estimated street value of R11 535 in Mzamowethu in Oyster Bay and arrested a local man there today. The raid happened at 1 am this morning when police raided a house in the informal settlement of the St Francis seaside town and found 29 bankies of crystal meth…
Near naked body found on Humansdorp farm
Two men on a fishing trip had a most grisly find on Saturday when they found a partially naked body in an advanced stage of decomposition at Huisklip farm Humansdorp area. The SAPS says the incident happened at about 10 am at the beach area on 18 May. The fishermen, who are from Storms River,…
Fleeing suspect shot in behind
A man, who allegedly attacked a woman SAPS officer outside the Humansdorp Magistrates Court on Wednesday this week, was shot in the behind while fleeing the scene. The 24 year-old man currently under police guard in hospital was arrested by Humansdorp SAPS on a charge of attempted robbery using a knife as a weapon. The…
Man with stolen diesel arrested by Humansdorp cops
A 40 year-old man was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning, 4 May, for being in possession of suspected stolen diesel worth R3300. The suspect could not account why he eight had 25L plastic containers of diesel on him so early in the morning, at 1 am, when he was a questioned…
Suspect arrested for murder of Humansdorp cop
The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John Sitole, has welcomed the arrest of a young man following the killing of an off-duty police officer in Humansdorp. Yesterday, 1 May 2019, at about 5:45 pm, 26 year-old Constable Shane Nico Fleur was with friends in Meyer Street, Arcadia, in Humansdorp when he was…
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