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Secunda Hawks alongside the Secunda K9 arrested five Nigerian nationals aged between 34 and 48 during a disruptive operation in Evander for dealing in drugs.
Sandile Mantsoe, who is serving a 32-year sentence for the murder of Karabo Mokoena, was sentenced to an additional 15 years for fraud following investment scam.
The Hawks in Mpumalanga have called on South Africans to assist them in their probe into a cash-in-transit heist on the Leandra-Ogies road near Goed Gevonden Mine.
Kiseka Rashid (46) and Tony Lubenga (34), who posed as traditional healers to scam a client out of R3 million, have each begun serving their 10-year sentence.
Many South Africans believe the six-year sentence handed to Florika Owusu and Abongile Tyusha, convicted of siphoning over R1 million from ABSA, was too lenient.
Cash-in-transit robbers were left empty-handed after Mpumalanga’s SAPS foiled an attempted heist in Kanyamazane township near Mbombela on 28 June 2024.
IEC Commissioner Dr Nomsa Masuku, accused of siphoning about R1.2 million from an education trust for underprivileged children, was granted R20,000 bail.
The case against a retired police officer, Samuel Mahlangu, accused of tampering with evidence from an illegal mining investigation, was postponed to 27 June 2024.
Seven former SARS employees, accused of fraud worth over R653 million, are expected to appear in the Ladybrand Magistrate's Court in the Free State on 10 June 2024.
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