Captain Simphiwe News Today

Sergeant Sibongile Mbanjwa was shot at while sitting in a police vehicle in May 2021.

A man convicted of murdering KwaZulu-Natal police officer Detective Sergeant Sakhile Nsibande during a police operation in November 2019 has been handed a life sentence.

The Hawks seized bricks of cocaine worth nearly R17 million from a warehouse in Clairwood, Durban. No arrests were made.

Authorities arrested five suspects for dealing in dagga while items such as cookies and candies laced with drugs were seized.

The two men had a sophisticated laboratory which grew more than two thousand cannabis plants before they got arrested and sentenced.

Two men convicted of dealing in and cultivating more than 2 000 cannabis plants have been fined in the Durban Regional Court.

The Greytown Regional Court has sentenced a traffic officer who demanded R10 000 "gratification" from a motorist.

Drugs worth more than R1.5 million have been seized in a Durban bust. Police also confiscated several firearms and more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

A KwaZulu-Natal man has been sentenced for the robbery and murder of a police officer. He was shot dead after being robbed of his service pistol on 21 September 2018.

A former police officer has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for the possession of rhino horns and an unlicensed firearm. He had been a member of the KwaMsane Tactical Response Team at the time of the 2018 incident.