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Police intercepts four armed robbery suspects and confiscates stolen cash and illegal firearms

NORTHERN CAPE – The swift response by members of Springbok Public Order Policing and Springbok Highway Patrol led to them intercepting four men who allegedly committed a house robbery in Kleinsee on Saturday, 12 August 2023 during which an undisclosed amount of cash was allegedly stolen. The white Suzuki vehicle was flagged down at the […]
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Roodepan police need assistance in tracing a kidnapped child

KIMBERLEY – The Roodepan police are appealing to the public to assist in locating four-year-old Precious Oliphant, from Lerato Park informal settlement in Roodepan, Kimberley. It is reported that Precious was in the company of her eight-year-old cousin on Thursday, 27 July 2023, when a motor vehicle stopped next to them. A male occupant, light […]
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Dealing in protected plants, 2 arrested, Springbok

Two suspects aged 22 and 28, are expected to appear before Springbok Magistrate Court on Monday, 17 July 2023 for contravention of Section 57 of the National Environmental Management-Biodiversity (Nemba) Act 10 of 2004. The duo was arrested on Thursday, 13 July 2023 by a multiple disciplinary team comprising of Springbok DPCI, Upington Counter Narcotics, […]
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R3,6 million worth of dagga recovered, Nakop Border Post

The determination by the members of the South African Police Service in the ZF Mgcawu District led to a major dagga bust at Nakop Border Post in the early morning hours of Sunday, 25 June 2023. The members of Upington Border Police selected a truck for a secondary inspection during an operation at the border […]
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Rape of girl (13), uncle handed 18 year sentence, Galeshewe

As we commemorate Youth Day on 16 June 2023, the SAPS Management welcomes the 18 years’ rape sentencing handed down to a 56-year-old uncle in Galeshewe for raping his 13-year-old teenaged niece. On 9 December 2018, the female victim was playing with her cousin. They were called by their uncle who closed his shanty’s door […]
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R51 million tender fraud, former MEC of transport, roads and public works in the dock

A 55-year-old former MEC of Transport, Roads and Public Works, will make a brief appearance before Upington Magistrates’ court on 30 May 2023 on a fraud allegation. It is alleged that in 2003, Babereki Consulting Engineers CC was fraudulently awarded a tender as a structural civil engineer as well as project manager, within the mental […]
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Rapist, out on bail, arrested for another rape, sentenced to life, Mothibistad

The SAPS welcomes the life sentence and added convictions that was handed down in the Mothibistad Regional Court to Lesetja Anthony Keikabile (30) for raping two females in Mothibistad. On 29 April 2019 at about midnight the female victim (39) came from a tavern in Mothibistad when her friends asked her to drop off the […]
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Murder accused handed 12 year sentence, Kuruman

The Kuruman District Court recently handed down a 12 year prison sentence to 49-year-old Keamogetse Johannes Dithae for fatally stabbing a 37- year-old male on Saturday, 24 December 2022, in Sedibeng village, Tsineng. The Court heard that the 37-year-old male was attacked by the accused after learning that he is romantically involved in a relationship […]
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Stealing copper from locomotives, 2 former Transnet employees sentenced

The SAPS welcomes the 15 years’ sentence that was handed down to two former Transnet employees for stealing copper from locomotives. On 17 February 2020 at about 10:50, the Provincial Organized Crime unit was busy with investigations at a local scrap metal dealer in Kimberley when they spotted the suspicious VW Polo with two male […]
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Abduction and rape of girl (15), person of interest sought, Delportshoop

The Galeshewe SAPS Family Violence, Children and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit is requesting the assistance of the public in tracing a person of interest in solving a rape case. This also relates to the ongoing investigation into the abduction case that was opened at the Delportshoop police station following the alleged disappearance of a 15-year-old […]
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