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CRIME

Ballito drug bust: Suspect arrested with drugs worth R1-million

A 43-year-old undocumented foreigner was arrested in Ballito after police seized crystal meth, cocaine, and methcathinone valued at more than R1 million during an…

  • Sandile Motha
1 min read
MADLANGA COMMISSION

Witness M testimony shuts public access to Madlanga Commission

Public access to the Madlanga Commission is suspended after Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga granted Witness M's application to testify in camera. The testimony concerns a R226 million…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
Hawks Lieutenant Colonel Nkoana Sebola Photo: Supplied
BOOYSENS POLICE PRECINCT

‘Chaos’ at police drug theft attempt

Lt-Colonel Sebola told the Madlanga commission that under instruction from Warrant Officer Rikhotso, Colonel Maluleke and General Kadwa, he was to seize the bakkie carrying the…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
Warrant Officer Marumo Magane, the commander of the Crime Information Management and Analysis Centre at Zonkizizwe police station, testified about his involvement in a major drug bust in Aeroton, Johannesburg in 2021
AEROTON

Hawks intercepted Gauteng officers trying to steal cocaine

Hawks arrested four police officers who attempted to steal 999kg of cocaine that arrived in Johannesburg from Brazil

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
The Madlanga commission has heard how police intercepted a tonne of cocaine shipped from Brazil to Johannesburg in July 2021
BRAZIL

Madlanga commission hears how 999kg cocaine bust unfolded in Gauteng

The Madlanga commission has heard how the Hawks intercepted nearly a tonne of cocaine shipped from Brazil to Johannesburg in July 2021, after an initial intervention by Gauteng…

  • Nkateko Mabasa
3 min read