On Women’s Day, the EMPD picked up and booked a male suspect for using a fake identity document at Alberton City shopping mall. Patrolling officers jumped into action after the mall’s security flagged them down for assistance. A 39-year old suspect, who was kept in the shopping mall’s holding

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and SAPS operation sparked by community activism led to the discovery of a facility in Springs on Friday, 8 August, where expired and counterfeit food is reprocessed and repackaged. At least 13 people were charged with dealing with illicit goods and being in possession of suspected stolen property. The […]

A crime prevention operation by the EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit yielded arrests of five male suspects and the confiscation of narcotics worth almost R100k in Boksburg and Putfontein. This was on Thursday, 6 August, then the team arrested a suspicious-looking 33-year-old found idling at the corner of Excelsior and Eike roads in Reiger Park. A […]

EMPD officers apprehended two men, aged 45 and 47, on allegations of money laundering on Wednesday, 29 July. The arrests were made during routine law enforcement when the vehicle in which the two suspects were travelling was stopped. When the officer asked for the driver’s licence, he saw a black plastic bag and asked what […]

WARNING: The following content may contain elements that are not suitable for sensive viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. Residents of Ramaphosa informal settlement went on a rampage destroying property and barricading roads on Friday, 24 July, during a protest against electricity power outages, which the City is struggling to control due to illegal connections and […]

Members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit apprehended two suspects found with narcotics while patrolling in Langaville Extension 8, Tsakane, on 8 July. Acting on a tip off, the DEU members moved to the corner of Black Road, where a 38-year-old man was found with 102 small- and medium-size knotted plastic […]

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit members arrested a male suspect and seized narcotics in Boksburg on 7 July. A tip-off resulted in the arrest of a 40-year-old man in Commissioner Street who was found in possession of R290 cash, 15 ziplock bags of crystal and three ziplock bags of cat, valued at […]

Three adult men and a woman died instantly, while three others sustained critical injuries, after a head-on collision involving a single cab bakkie and a hatch-back vehicle. The horrendous incident happed on the M7 road linking Katlehong and Zonkizizwe on 2 July. Rescue teams from both Palm Ridge and Zonkizizwe fire stations attended to the […]

A large group of people arrived in the early hours of the morning on Thursday, 25 June to illegally occupy a housing development in Thembisa, Clayville Ext 80, according to Human Settlements officials, the “these invaders forcibly opened and invaded 32 units”. The 48 people were arrested by the City of Ekurhuleni’s Law Enforcement Unit, […]

A case of burglary was reported at the Bedfordview Police Station after burglars broke into the Bedfordview Motor Licensing office making off with an undisclosed amount of cash, a digital video recorder for CCTV camera, eNatis server, a microwave oven and a box of documents. The burglary, which took place in the early hours of […]