Following the kidnapping of the eight-year-old girl Adirah Dekhta in Rylands on 04 November 2022, SAPS members from various specialised units and City of Cape Town’s law enforcement officials utilising state-of-the-art technology have located her in a shack in Town Two, Khayelitsha on Monday evening. The intelligence-led integrated operation saw forces descending on the township
Two suspects are expected to appear in the De Aar Magistrate’s Court soon, on counts of kidnapping and theft of the motor vehicle. It is alleged that the victim had employed the two men as bricklayers, as she was building and renovating her house in De Aar. On Monday, 13 June 2022 the two allegedly
On Thursday 19 May 2022, Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation working together with Crime Intelligence, Special Task Force, Hostage Negotiation Unit and Inanda Detectives arrested two suspects for kidnapping which occurred in Inanda area on Wednesday. It is alleged that a 13-year-old victim was forcefully taken by three unknown suspects whilst he
On Tuesday 17 May 2022, the Hawks members from the Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation arrested a 23-year-old suspect for kidnapping which occurred at Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape Province on Sunday, 15 May 2022. It is alleged that a 30-year-old female was kidnapped by unknown suspects who allegedly demanded cash from the family of
A 23-year-old man was rescued by members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) after he was shot and locked in a house in Oakford - KZN. Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance. According to the caller, they witnessed a man being shot during a hijacking. Reaction Officers proceeded to the location