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Mandrax, tik and cocaine were destroyed by police in Cape Town on Thursday.Image: SAPS

Police destroy drugs worth R90m after busts in Eastern and Western Cape

Police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola on Thursday presided over the destruction of drugs worth about R90m in Cape Town. The drugs were confiscated during police operations in the Western and Eastern Cape at roadblocks and tracing…

THREE SUSPECTS NABBED FOR DRUGS DURING OPERATION SHANELA.

Operation Shanela resulted into the arrest of three suspects who were found with drugs in Komani and Thornhill. The arrest was made by SAPS members attached to Chris Hani District Task Team on Friday, 12 January 2024. SAPS Captain…

THE LOOT: Various drugs and other suspected stolen items were seized by Nelson Mandela Bay police on Thursday night in two separate incidents Image: SAPS

Nelson Mandela Bay police seize suspected stolen goods, drugs

Nelson Mandela Bay police arrested two men in unrelated incidents on Thursday, recovering suspected stolen goods, including a boat petrol tank, a tent cover and a gate battery, as well as drugs worth R15,000. Police spokesperson Colonel…

Caster Semenya has always maintained she will not take medication to reduce maturally high levels of testosterone.Image: Caster Semenya via Facebook

Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya loses bid to compete without taking drugs

Caster Semenya has failed in her latest bid to be allowed to run the 800m without having to take medication to reduce naturally high levels of testosterone. Her lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday that the Federal Supreme Court of…

He attacked his mother after she allegedly refused to give him money to buy drugs.Image: 123RF/Maxim Evdokimov

Man ‘confesses’ to killing his mom over drug money

Violence against women and children in SA took another sinister turn at the weekend when a Free State man allegedly confessed to stabbing and killing his mother. He attacked his mother after she allegedly refused to give him money to buy…

Suspects arrested for drug possession

Two suspects, between the ages of 22 and 29, were arrested for possession of dagga and 107 mandrax pills worth R800 on Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Captain Namhla Mdleleni said an operation conducted by the crime intelligence unit with K9…

‘Tell us how you get high’

By: Elsabé Brits and Groundup The Global Drug Survey (GDS) runs the world’s largest drug survey and they want to hear anonymously from users what they think about the drugs they use and why. Now in its eighth year‚ the GDS will ask…

Crimes against business on the rise

Crime against businesses‚ hijackings and theft by force were on the rise in the second quarter of 2018. This is according to crime-tracking data from April 1 to June 30 provided by Bryte Insurance on Monday. The insurer started the crime…