On Thursday, 17 December, in Kempton Park the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Compliance-Loss Control and Investigation Unit members arrested a male suspect on charges of fuel theft and damage to property. At 17h40 inside the civil engineering municipal premises, the EMPD crime

During a high visibility and anti-excessive speeding operation on 17 December, the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) night shift Speed Enforcement Unit handcuffed six drivers for disobeying the displayed regulatory signs. From 18h30 to 20h00 on the R554 road between Afrikaner and R23, which is zoned 70km/h, three motorists were stopped and apprehended. At 19h44,

A male and female suspects, aged 36 and 45, were arrested by Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit for possession of narcotics in Katlehong on 12 December. According to Acting EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng the team cornered and handcuffed a suspicious duo after uncovering three Ziploc bags of dagga and 34 packets of […]

The City mourns the death of an on duty Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) female officer, deployed at the Vosloorus Precinct, who died in a motor vehicle crash in Klippoortjie on 10 December. A 24-year-old driving a silver Mercedes Benz travelling on R554 road towards easterly direction crashed into a fully branded EMPD Nissan NP300 […]

Patrolling Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officers apprehended four suspects found in a reported hijacked motor vehicle in Tsakane on 3 December. A couple flagged patrolling officers on Modjadji Street and cited that the charcoal Toyota, parked next to the Tsakane shopping mall, belongs to one of their relatives and was stolen recently. According to

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and other law enforcement units secured a truck driver and goods in a possible truck ambush during a patrol on the N17 on 3 November. The incident occurred on the N17 freeway, east just before the Ergo off-ramp at around 21h00. Acting Spokesperson for EMPD Kobeli Mokheseng said the […]

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Specialised Task Team arrested a male suspect found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and a reported stolen cellphone in Vosloorus on 29 November. According to EMPD Acting Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, officers on a crime prevention operation patrolling on Mnyama Street, stopped and searched a suspicious looking

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) are the protectors of Council property while being responsible for VIP protection and community through combating crime. Although the EMPD do not have powers to investigate under the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa, they are vested with the authority to arrest lawbreakers. The department’s mandate

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) condemns and discourages the discharging of firearms in public places. Members of the EMDP Public Order Policing and SWAT units arrested a 38-year-old gunman who allegedly fired a gun in a cemetery. According to EMPD Acting Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, discharging a firearm in public comes with dire consequences such

Narcotics worth around R45 000 were found on a male suspect on 24 November, who was subsequently arrested by Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit. This was during a crime prevention and narcotics operation, when officers approached a suspicious looking male idling on 1st Street, Boksburg. The 32-year-old suspect was arrested after officers […]