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Police Minister Mchunu says over 200,000 Operation Shanela suspects have previous convictions
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has revealed that 20% of the one million suspects arrested during Operation Shanela have prior convictions,…
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Operation Shanela: Police net more than 300 suspects
Operation Shanela: Police net more than 300 suspects! On Saturday, January 4, 2025, law enforcement agencies in the Tshwane district…
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Operation Shanela: Over 120 illegal immigrants arrested in Joburg
Operation Shanela: Over 120 illegal immigrants arrested in Joburg! A total of 123 illegal immigrants were arrested in Johannesburg on…
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KZN Dept of Transport to meet taxi owners on Thursday to resolve the ongoing strike
KZN Dept of Transport to meet taxi owners on Thursday to resolve the ongoing strike! The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of…
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Murder rate down but over 50 000 s.e.xual offences in last 12 months
Murder rate down but over 50 000 s.e.xual offences in last 12 months! Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu released the…
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Lesotho national arrested in Mpumalanga for possession of 259kg of dagga worth R260K
Lesotho national arrested in Mpumalanga for possession of 259kg of dagga worth R260K! Police in Mpumalanga apprehended a 49-year-old Lesotho…
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Operation Shanela: Over 10,000 suspects arrested during last week’s nationwide crime fight
Police have arrested over 10,000 suspects during last week’s nationwide crime prevention effort, Operation Shanela. The arrests were made between…
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Operation Shanela yields over 10 000 arrests in a week: SAPS
Police have arrested over 10 000 suspects across the country during Operation Shanela over the last week for crimes such…
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Operation Shanela leads to over 10 000 arrests in a week: SAPS
Police have arrested over 10 000 suspects across the country during Operation Shanela over the last week. The arrests include…
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Masemola: Extortion victims often cry foul only when they are in too deep
National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola says extortion victims must not wait until it is too late before reporting their…
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Operation Shanela: Illegal foreign nationals nabbed
Police conducted a late-night Operation Shanela swoop in Akasia and Soshanguve. It’s aimed at assisting local police stations reduce crime…
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Operation Shanela: Police arrest almost 14,000 people for various crimes
Almost 14,000 people have been arrested for various crimes during Operation Shanela countrywide in the past week. The South African…
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More than 700 arrested as Operation Shanela sweeps Joburg streets
Over 700 suspects have been arrested during the latest Operation Shanela blitz. Gauteng police commissioner Tommy Mthombeni led a high-density…
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Over 14 000 suspects arrested during Operation Shanela
Police have arrested over 14 000 suspects through Operation Shanela conducted throughout the country, last week. Out of the 1…
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Operation Shanela: 1,051 suspects arrested in the Free State
Operation Shanela once again produced results in the battle against crime in the Free State, with 1051 persons detained. Provincial…
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Operation Shanela: Over 261 suspects nabbed in Northern Cape
Northern Cape police have arrested 261 suspects for various crimes during Operation Shanela. “During the weeklong operation, 261 suspects were…
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Operation Shanela: Masemola announces over 700 000 suspects nabbed thus far
Operation Shanela has now seen more than 700,000 suspects nabbed. The initiative, which is aimed at cracking down on crime…
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Over 700 arrested in Joburg police raids
Over 700 suspects have been arrested in police raids around Johannesburg. Gauteng police commissioner Tommy Mthombeni led a high-density operation…
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Protestors block roads in Imbali
Angry scholar transport drivers have taken to the streets in protest and blocked Willowfontein Road in Imbali Unit 18 with…
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Man nabbed for drugs dies after ingesting them
A man died this morning (Thursday) after he swallowed an undisclosed amount of drugs in an attempt to hide them…
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Stronger working relations between SAPS & US police see R1.5 billion drugs confiscated in KZN
South African Police Service (SAPS) national commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, says stronger ties between local law enforcement agencies and their…
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Over 9 500 suspects including 167 suspected killers nabbed in KZN in March
Almost 10,000 people have been arrested in KwaZulu Natal in the month of March for various crimes. During the crack…
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More than 500 000 suspects arrested since Operation Shanela’s inception
Police Minister Bheki Cele says over half a million people have been arrested across the country since the launch of…
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Operation Shanela descends on Sophiatown
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni is out on Saturday, with other senior police officials. They are taking Operation Shanela to…
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Operation Shanela nabs 821 suspects in Carletonville
Gauteng police have netted 821 wanted suspects in Carletonville on Gauteng’s West Rand. It was part of Operation Shanela that…
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Gauteng police recover over 50 unlicenced guns over weekend
Gauteng police have recovered more than 50 unlicensed firearms and more than 180 live rounds of ammunition this past weekend.…
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Bheki Cele: Crime rate plateauing, Operation Shanela achieving desired effect
Police Minister Bheki Cele says he believes the crime rate is plateauing and that Operation Shanela is having the desired…
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Syndicate busted in Free State for selling explosives to criminals behind cash-in-transit heists
A syndicate believed to be selling and supplying explosives to criminals were arrested and are expected to appear in court…
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Police take Operation Shanela to Mamelodi
Gauteng Acting Provincial Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni is leading Operation Shanela in Mamelodi as officers crackdown on crime on Saturday…
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Gauteng police on the lookout for heist gangs and smugglers
Cash-in-transit heists are still too frequent in Gauteng. This is according to the province’s police top brass, who took their…
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Police on the streets of Cosmo City and Honeydew
On Saturday night, the police were out on the streets of Cosmo City as Operation Shanela descended on the north…
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Gauteng police arrest 2 businessmen for employing undocumented foreigners
Gauteng police have arrested two businessmen for employing undocumented foreigners. Police conducted festive season raids as part of Operation Shanela…
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Police arrest over 3 000 suspects in Limpopo through Operation Shanela
Festive Season Operation Shanela in Limpopo has led to the arrests of 3,107 suspects from December 18 to 24. The…
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Load-shedding giving criminals cover
Deputy Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says criminals are taking advantage of power cuts. He was speaking during Operation Shanela…
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Gauteng police recover over 230 unlicensed firearms, 4 500 bullets in November
Police in Gauteng have recovered more than 230 unlicenced firearms, and also seized more than 4,590 live rounds of ammunition…
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Operation Shanela targets Soweto
Operation Shanela is cracking down on crime in Soweto. A team consisting of SAPS, JMPD, and other law enforcement agencies…
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eSwatini national arrested for attempting to smuggle dagga into SA
A 41-year-old man from eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, has been arrested by members of the Mpumalanga police for alleged…
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Operation Shanela hits the streets of Tshwane
During a week of intensive law enforcement activities in Tshwane, the police conducted a series of operations resulting in 983…
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Bheki Cele to launch festive season anti-crime operations in Cape Town on Friday
The Ministry of Police will on Friday launch its safer festive season operations throughout the country. Police Minister Bheki Cele…
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Bheki Cele insists alcohol is a major driver of crime in SA
Police Minister Bheki Cele has stressed that alcohol abuse is one of the main contributors to crime around the country.…
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Bheki Cele says Operation Shanela yielding positive results in the Western Cape
Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed some startling statistics about the South African Police Service’s efforts to curb crime in the…
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Police seize R20 000 worth of alcohol being sold in a tuck shop
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a Somalian man in his early 20s, during Operation Shanela, for allegedly selling liquor inside…
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Operation Shanela: Over 3 600 arrested in the Western Cape
Persistent efforts by police in Western Cape through Operation Shanela and day-to-day policing have seen the arrests of 3,637 suspects…
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2 farmers arrested after a body was found in their bakkie
Two men who were found with the body of a man in their bakkie are due to appear in the…
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68 arrested for illegal mining in Mpumalanga
At least 68 suspected illegal miners between the ages 19 and 54 were nabbed during Operation Shanela which was conducted…
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KZN Operation Shanela: 241 alleged killers arrested, seize 339 guns & close to 5 000 rounds of ammo
Close to 11,000 people have been arrested as police in KwaZulu-Natal continue to carry out sting operations across the province…
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Over 1 100 suspects arrested during the past weekend in Free State
As a result of Operation Shanela, police in the Free State have arrested more than 1,100 suspects. The arrests included…
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Operation Shanela nets more than 100 in Joburg CBD
Operation Shanela is out saturating the streets of Johannesburg CBD. Led by Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Elias Mawela, over 100 people…
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City of Joburg targets hijacked buildings
The City of Joburg is planning to clamp down on hijacked buildings. Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku says this will…
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Crime in SA: Police Minister Bheki Cele urges government to help
Police Minister Bheki Cele has called for the government to urgently address drivers of criminality in areas battling high crime…
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