On Saturday , 3 October,  between 10h00 and 23h00 in Boksburg, Daveyton and Etwatwa, the EMPD’s Drug Enforcement and Anti-Cable Theft units apprehended suspects and narcotics with implements used in house breakings were confiscated. During the crime prevention operation in Daveyton and

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officers based at KwaThema Precinct arrested four suspected house robbers in Brakpan on 28 September after a shoot-out and car chase. According to EMPD Acting Chief Superintended Kobeli Mokheseng the suspected robbers were driving a vehicle stolen in Honeydew last year. Mokheseng said the suspects sped off when they noticed

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested a female for drunken driving and a male suspects for possible dealing in narcotics on 24 September. The 56-year-old female almost crashed into an official motor vehicle when she was stopped at Sunward Park, Boksburg at 4:20pm. She could not stand straight when exiting her vehicle. According to […]

Area Date Arrest Offense Kwa-Thema September 21 1 Possession of 53 mandrax tablets and 1 plastic bag of khat worth R3 000 and R1 670 cash Mooifontein, Kempton Park September 22 4 Alleged murder Tokyo Sexwale, Boksburg September 22 3 Public violence Jerusalem, Delmore Park September 22 4 Public violence and malicious damage to property […]

A tip off by members of the community led to the arrest of a 35-year-old woman found in possession of 53 khat mandrax tablets at Sekuthuleni informal settlements in KwaThema. According to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD), the street value of the woman’s alleged stash is estimated at R3 000. She was also found […]

On Monday, 21 September, the EMPD Anti-Cable Theft Unit not only discovered the body of a man but also arrested three people for cable theft. At 11h35, officers patrolling the Mooifontein cemetery parameters where flagged down by two members of the community, citing that they saw what looked like a motionless person inside the cemetery […]

On Tuesday (22 September) different EMPD units and SAPS members visited Germiston and goods for sale displayed at prohibited places, obstructing pedestrians on sidewalks and abandoned dilapidated motor vehicles parked illegally, were impounded. Between 10h00 and 15h00, sidewalks on Rand, Knox with Joubert streets, were raided following a joint bylaws operation. When

The MMC for Community Safety, Cllr Phaladi Mmoko, is saddened by the gruesome shooting of one of our dedicated and committed law enforcement officers, Constable Mopi Johannes Matloa. It is said, suspects entered his home in Ivory Park, and hailed bullets at him. Constable Matloa was rushed to Zamukuhle Hospital, where he passed on. The […]

Cadets at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) training academy resumed training on 3 August. The academy reopened its gates to 500 cadets who missed more than four months of training to be fully-fledged Metro Police Officers due to COVID-19 lockdown that came into effect in March this year. According to EMPD acting chief Superintended […]

The EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit arrested a male and female suspect for possession of dagga, nyaope and rock in Katlehong on 14 September. Aged 29 and 39, the couple were confronted and searched by the metro police at Mosiliki in Mosoeu Street where officers uncovered a plastic bag of dagga, 10 knotted plastic bags of […]