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Two men were nabbed in the Western Cape driving a truck loaded with abalone estimated at R28m, police said on Tuesday evening. Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said the truck was heading to Gauteng.
Three men were arrested in a police raid on a large abalone processing operation in Paarl on Tuesday. Western Cape police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said the raid on the warehouse followed an investigation by the Boland K9 unit
A three-year-old Durbanville twin who died in hospital after apparently falling on her bicycle brake lever, was actually shot in the heart with a pellet gun.
R5.5m drug bust made in Western Cape
A man has been arrested in Klawer after he was found in possession of drugs with an estimated street value of R5.5 million on Friday, Western Cape police said.
Over 43kg of cannabis seized by Cape Town police
A man selling drugs from his vehicle, which was parked at a petrol station in Koeberg Road in Cape Town, spent the weekend behind bars - along with two accomplices.
Cape Town - Sea Point curio shop owner Mark Goldberg is a free man after a full bench of the Western Cape High Court set aside his conviction and seven-year prison term for the illegal possession and sale of ivory.
Cape Town - A Fish Hoek man accused of murdering a diamond dealer in his office in the city centre has testified that he was in shock after firing the fatal shots.
Cape Town - Rosemary Theron’s 18-year-old daughter, Phoenix Racing Cloud Theron, and her boyfriend, Kyle Maspere, 19, arrested for the murder of the Clovelly woman, will apply for bail on October 10.
Yesterday, Mathey’s lawyer, Niel Slabber, said his client had handed himself in at the Table Bay police station on Saturday and was released from Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on R3 000 bail on Monday.
Illegal immigrant won't sign notification
A British fugitive, arrested in Cape Town as an illegal immigrant, refused to sign a notification that declared him an undesirable person, the Cape Town magistrate's court heard on Wednesday.
Second attorney out of De Jager trial
Cape Town - A Ruyterwacht man accused of killing two teenagers in separate incidents said he had “a lot” of witnesses for the trial, expected to start in October.
Case Against Ct's Alleged Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Postponed
Colin Davids allegedly scammed almost 2,000 people in a ponzi scheme in the Western Cape.
SAMANTHA Bailey en Maxwell Davids moet skuldig bevind word aan die moord op Hendrik Hugo.
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Judge gives pornographer suspended sentence, cites remorse
Diamond merchant and murder accused Dudley Bernicchi leaves the Cape Town Magistrate's Court after posting bail of R10000 yesterday
Parallel investigation theory surfaces in Modack extortion matter
Cape Town – The possibility of a parallel police investigation being conducted into suspected underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack and his co-accused surfaced in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
Investigator 'friend with Booysens'
The spotlight has been turned on the close relationship between a senior police official and an alleged high-flying Cape Flats family in court. The cop, who is investigating two alleged kingpins over a violent take-over of the Cape Town nightclub security industry, has been questioned over his close ties with the family of Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, the alleged leader of the Sexy Boys gang.
Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mbuso Mandela, who in 2015 was accused of raping a 15-year-old. In an affidavit at the time, he said he was unemployed, had two children and was expecting another one. He asked the court not to treat him as ‘a Mandela’ but...
Family linked to drug trading re-arrested
Alleged drug kingpin Livingstone Napoleon, 60, has been re-arrested alongside his wife, Ingrid Napoleon, 59, and their son Gladwin Napoleon, two years after they were caught with R4.3million in cash.
An innocent game of Mahjong allegedly leads police to shark fins and abalone find
The evening started off with a group of friends playing a game of Mahjong at the weekend. Then cops arrived. Hours later they were in custody for the possession of abalone and shark fins valued at R5.5-million according to police.
#AviweJamJam's boyfriend appoints new lawyer
Cape Town - Linda Ntulo, the man accused of killing Khayelitsha mother Aviwe Jam Jam and dumping her body in Athlone, has appointed a new lawyer from prominent legal figure William Booth’s firm. On Tuesday, David Mbazwana, who represented Ntulo and his co-accused Leroy Morris, told the Athlone Magistrate’s Court Ntulo, 26, had terminated his contract. Mbazwana would remain on record for Morris only.
Disappearing docket: man in dock
Cape Town - The Western Cape Directorate for Public Prosecutions is to decide how to deal with a man who tried to buy a drunken driving investigation docket, in order to make the drunken driving charge against himself “disappear”.
Joburg woman in Cape Town court for alleged possession of cocaine
A Johannebsburg woman, who was arrested at the Cape Town International Airport allegedly in possession of cocaine with a street value of R250,000, appeared in court on Monday. Philili Belinda Zwane, 38, appeared in the Bellville District Court, where she was remanded to Friday, for bail information.
The trial of two Dimbaza police detectives and seven other men facing charges ranging from armed robbery, murder, possession of unlicensed firearms and fraud began in the Zwelitsha Magistrate’s Court yesterday amid heavy security.
Police under cover operation brings to book man accused of dealing in body-building steroids
CAPE TOWN – A man who was allegedly caught in a police under cover operation, selling illegal body-building steroids, appeared in the Kuils River Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Mouton Conradie, 21, of Paarl, was released on R3,000 bail, negotiated by defence lawyer Neil Slabber.