Four sustained minor injuries in an accident involving three cars and a truck transporting 10 000 liters of paraffin on the Albertina Sisulu (R21) Freeway near Atlas Road on-ramp on 23 October. According to Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng,

An Anti-drugs operation conducted by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department’s (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit saw two alleged drug peddlers arrested in Vosloorus on 24 October. According to EMPD acting spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, the unit searched Basothong Hostel rooms which had occupants. In one of the blocks, a 25-year-old found in possession of 23x knotted

Members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested two men for possession of illicit drugs in Katlehong while the Freeway Patrol, Public Order Policing, First Respond Units and the South African Police Service members had to attend to abandoned trucks on both directions of the N3 freeway on 25 October. The two men aged […]

An anti-drug operation held by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) yielded three arrests in Nigel and one in Katlehong on 22 October. According to EMPD Acting Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, two people aged 26 and 45 were arrested at Snake Park, Nigel, after officers uncovered 38 paper wrapped packets and a 170 grams plastic bag […]

The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit arrested three suspects for possession of narcotics and cash believed to be proceeds of crime in Katlehong and Vosloorus on 18 October. A 40-year-old suspicious-looking male was accosted in Kwanele in Katlehong and officers found eight quarter- and five half-mandrax tablets valued at R650, with R130 […]

A couple found driving a white Toyota Yaris reported stolen was booked by members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) at the Germiston Police Station on Monday, 19 October. Zig-zagging on Johann Rissik Road, the vehicle caught the attention of the EMPD officers who were patrolling the road. Officers stopped and searched the vehicle. […]

A tip off resulted in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arresting three youths on 13 October for allegedly peddling narcotics in KwaThema. According to EMPD Acting Spokesperson Chief Superintendent Kobeli Mokheseng, the department’s Drug Enforcement Unit raided a house after community members reported suspicious-looking activities. On entering the house,

A joint operation between Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and South African Police Services (SAPS) yielded the recovery of three stolen bakkies in Ivory Park, Thembisa, on 11 October. The recovered vehicles, which had on false registration/number plates, were impounded to Van Ryn’s Deep in Benoni (police yard) for further investigations. According to EMPD

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) apprehended five suspects allegedly found with different kinds of narcotics on 7 October. According to EMPD Acting Chief Superintendent Kobeli Mokheseng, a 37-year-old man was nabbed at the corner of Milne and President streets in Germiston. In his possession was a plastic bag with liquid […]

Five people were arrested by Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department for allegedly obstructing a public road in Vosloorus on Sunday, 4 October. This was in response to a protest action staged at the intersection of Khoza Street and Roets Drive. A group of people were found stoning approaching police vehicles, barricading the roadway using rubble, rocks […]