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A combined effort by members of Maitland Flying Squad and a Kensington SAPS detective proved successful when they reacted on intelligence received of an alleged suspect in a murder investigation. On Friday afternoon 03 December 2021, members saw the suspect driving towards them in the identified vehicle and gave chase. The suspects were seen discarding […]

The efforts of members attached to Operation Lockdown II to rid the streets of firearms yielded positive results in the Khayelitsha policing precinct After receiving information about firearms at a premises in Khayelitsha, the members proceeded to Masiphatisane Street, Site C, Khayelitsha where they searched a house and recovered five firearms without serial numbers. One […]

Bheki Cele has led Cape Town police services and private securities to launch the Safer Festive Season and Country in Blue campaign.

The rift between Police Minister Bheki Cele and the DA is deepening, with Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato now calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Cele. 



Tensions between the DA and the ANC over policing in the Western Cape have increased in the run-up to the local government elections on 1 November. Tensions between the DA and the ANC over policing in the Western Cape have increased in the run-up to the local government elections on 1 November.

Police Minister Bheki Cele’s bitter battle with Premier Alan Winde is seemingly far from over.

“Out of all the provinces, the province of the Western Cape is the most resourced over and above the allocated provincial budget,” said Bheki Cele in Mitchells Plain on Friday.

Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said the the Provincial Integrated Task Team conducted a joint operation at Baltimore Park in Killarney Gardens where they arrested the suspects.

In what can be described as a significant blow to the Western Cape drug trade, members of Operation Lockdown II executed an intelligence-driven intervention and raided a Kraaifontein residence last night. The residence, which is also utilized as a karate studio was equipped with paraphernalia to cultivate and produce an inventory of cannabis products, estimated at a substantial amount. The calculation of the exact street value of the dagga is delayed by the extensive variety and quantities, com...

Cele says 50 WC murders recorded over Easter as more cops deployed to Cape Flats By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed that there have been over 50 reported murders in the Western Cape over the Easter weekend. Cele revealed that statistics during a parade of newly-deployed officers in the province, where 200 police officers were deployed through the crime register to help quell the gradual increase in violent crimes, especially crimes related to gang violence o...