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Police strike major blow to KZN drug trade with R1m seizure

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Mpumalanga police recover seven suspected hijacked vehicles, arrest one suspect [PICS]

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Promised jobs, forced into scams: Three Peruvian women rescued in Gqeberha

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Man nabbed for allegedly selling illegal DStv streaming codes on WhatsApp

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Man linked to high-profile murders killed by police

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Three arrested after popular Limpopo comedian Skeem Mafenya stabbed to death

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Suspect from Home Affairs passport fraud syndicate arrested

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Police seize R160m in counterfeit goods in Johannesburg CBD raid

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Police bust suspected mandrax lab in Soweto and arrest four suspects (PICS)

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Four suspects arrested in R1.4m Stilfontein illicit alcohol bust

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Couple arrested after 200 people found at alleged illegal rehab centre in Mpumalanga

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Father accused of killing daughters, 1 and 11, nabbed after days on the run

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‘Ex-ANC regional treasurer’ who skipped Madlanga commission arrested at OR Tambo Airport

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Saps murder detection rate falls to 9.5% amid investigative failures

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Police minister warns Southern Africa no longer just a drug route, but production hub

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Hijacker’s deadly rampage ends in hail of bullets as police gun him down

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Hawks follow the money, arrest another suspect in R114m school corruption scandal

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BMA official nabbed with 22 Lesotho passports

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Three alleged robbers dead as CIT heist turns deadly in Umlazi, KZN

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CCTV captures Boxer Store horror as employee guns down three women

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Eastern Cape headman and mother gunned down in Willowvale

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Operation Shanela crackdown: 16,380 arrests, 169 rape suspects held as police smash drug labs

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Saps dismisses KuGompo escape claims as copper bust nets three suspects

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Death toll rises after Katlehong memorial service shooting

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Suspect arrested for murder of police officer in Eastern Cape

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Mystery body found in Swartkops River as police search for answers

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R100m drug lab bust: Five suspects to appear in court

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‘EFF MP’ arrested after allegedly assaulting police officer

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Suspects wanted for murder and attempted murder killed in KZN police shootout

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Multi-million-rand drug lab busted in Krugersdorp as five arrested [VIDEO]

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Zama zamas offer to help police identify Wedela mass shooting killers

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Three Limpopo cops arrested in theft and corruption crackdown