Four motorists were arrested for failing to adhere to the required speed limit, and one driver for interfering with police duties in Alberton on 20 March. Officers monitoring the Swartkoppies Road, between Vermooten and Hennie Alberts which is zoned 70km/h, arrested three male drivers aged 37,

A couple was arrested for possession of narcotics and a laptop registered to a Gauteng public school in Germiston on 19 March. Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng said the two, aged 42 and 49, could not account for the laptop that had a tag from the Gauteng Department of Education. They also […]

Germiston is today, 23 March, a hive of activity as preparation for the State of the City Address are underway for when the Executive Mayor Cllr Mzwandile Masina will deliver his last address for this term of office. The disciplined and dedicated marching platoon, which comprises the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and Emergency Services […]

Four suspects are behind bars after they were apprehended by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) for possession of narcotics in Katlehong on 3 March. EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng said three of the suspects, aged 23, 26 and 36 years, had with them drugs to the value of R6 500. These included crystal meth, khat […]

The City’s police made a huge breakthrough in the fight against illegal mining when it arrested 13 men suspected to be involved in this illicit trade in Boksburg on 2 March.   The arrests came after patrolling officers were flagged by security personnel from a private company about an illegal mining operation in the area. […]

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested a man suspected of cable theft in Daveyton over the weekend. EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng said on 27 February officers received a tip-off about three suspects spotted nearby digging a trench, between houses and open veldt. Mokheseng said the officers responded promptly and the three suspects fled on […]

Three alleged drug peddlers were caught with narcotics by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) in Brakpan and Tsakane on 22 February. According to EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, the K9 Unit officers in Brakpan searched a suspicious looking 45-year-old and uncovered 22Ziploc bags and a loose plastic bag of dagga, seven small and medium Ziploc […]

A 36-year-old man with false bank credit cards and official documents was arrested in Alberton by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police (EMPD) on fraud related charges on 19 February. According to EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, a bank customer came in to the branch to collect two new credit cards, each loaded with R100 000, but not using […]

A man was arrested in Benoni on Thursday, 18 February, for allegedly stealing two road traffic signs. EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng said EMPD officers about to report for duty at 06h00 came across the suspect carrying two regulatory signs fixed to steel poles on Oak Street in Northmead. When approached the man attempted to flee […]

EMPD officers patrolling Leondale on 16 February were approached by concerned members of the community relating to suspicious activity at a house on Blesbok Street.   Spokesperson for the EMPD Kobeli Mokheseng said a German-make SUV with Mpumalanga registration number was seen entering the property at high speed. Without any hesitations EMPD members responded and […]