Northern Cape

Three sentenced for stock theft of stud ram worth R100 000 in Loxton

Pieter Booysen (27), Kevin Bostander(29) and Wesley Van Rooi(25) were each convicted and handed down 3 years direct imprisonment for stock theft in Loxton, recently. On 26 February 2024 the three suspects stole a stud ram worth R100 000-00 that was being prepared for international exporting from a farm near Loxton. The three accused were […]
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Doctor sentenced for failing to submit personal income tax

Kimberley Commercial Crime Courts convicted and sentenced Mr Fabian Royston Tun (55) for contravention of Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 on Thursday, 22 August 2024. The accused as a medical doctor operating as a Sole Proprietor trading’ F. R. Tun Practice’ failed to submit personal income tax returns from 2015 to 2022. During the […]
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Police probe fatal shooting of a man in Kimberley

The Kimberley SAPS Serious and Violent Crimes unit are probing the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old male in Newpark, Kimberley. Preliminary investigations indicates that on Wednesday evening, 31 July 2024 at approximately 21:00, the deceased was fatally shot in his white Toyota Hilux bakkie. The victim and his 27-year-old spouse were at the gate entering […]
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Housebreaking suspects stopped in their tracks by the provincial organised crime investigation team

The vigilant and swift response by the Northern Cape Provincial Organised Crime Investigation Unit led to the arrest of five suspects, aged between 36 and 51 years, in Barkly West during the early hours of Monday morning. Members of Northern Cape Provincial Organised Crime Investigation team on Monday, 22 July 2024 at 00:10, received information […]
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Eleven foreign nationals arrested for possession of R3 million worth of counterfeit money

Eleven (11) Ugandan foreign nationals aged between 25 and 45, were arrested for possession of R3 Million worth of counterfeit South African currency in Ermelo on Thursday, 04 July 2024 during Operation Vala Umgodi. According to information, members were performing their normal duties when they noticed suspicious people carrying five bags. As a result, members […]
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Over 3 million worth of illicit cigarettes confiscated

The SAPS in the ZFM District continue with efforts to minimize the space for criminal activities. Members of Upington Border Police and K9 unit reacted to information about the alleged sale of illicit cigarettes at one of the shops in Upington on Friday, 14 June 2024. They operationalised the information, and the shop was visited […]
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Loxton accused sentenced to 12 years in jail for housebreaking and attempted rape

A 12 year prison sentence was handed down by the Carnavon Regional Court to 24-year-old Kerneels Maerman following the housebreaking and attempted rape of a 47-year-old female victim at a farm in Loxton on Sunday, 16 July 2023. The Court heard that the accused kicked open the victim’s home, repeatedly assaulted and attempted to rape […]
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Richmond man sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for robbery, housebreaking and theft

The SAPS welcomes the 20 years’ prison sentence that was handed down to Jason Witbooi (23) for robbery, theft, house breaking and theft on 06 May 2024, in the Richmond Regional Court. The first theft incident occurred in November 2020 when Wibooi intruded a house in Richmond, grabbed a cellphone from a female, and fled […]
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Police operation nabs two Somalian nationals with a consignment of Khat

The Northern Cape Provincial Organised Crime Investigations Unit and the Colesberg Highway Patrol followed up on information and arrested two Somalian nationals in the Western Cape with Khat worth R275 000-00 on Saturday, 20 April 2024 at approximately 09:00 The investigation led police to Kraaifontein in the Western Cape, and with the assistance of the […]
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Eight Nigerian nationals arrested for attacking SAPS members and damaging SAPS property

The Northern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, has welcomed the arrest of eight Nigerian nationals who attacked police and damaged vehicles. At the time of the arrest, police were tracing information of one of the Nigerian nationals being in possession of drugs. While conducting this search, a large group of Nigerians attacked police. […]
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