A patrol to enforce COVID-19 lockdown saw the Metro Police specialised task team and SAPS uncover house breaking implements and explosives in Villa Lisa, following a tip off. The law enforcement team, expecting to find liquor and cigarettes being sold unlawfully during the lockdown,

While EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit members were foot patrolling the streets of Tsakane with other law enforcers an onlooker was arrested for possession of illicit substance. This happened on Thursday, 2 April, at around 13h20 in Mohaesi Street during the COVID-19 lockdown operation. A suspicious-looking male onlooker was stopped and searched and found to have […]

Three (3) male suspects wanted by the South African Police Service for various criminal offences, including attempted murder, theft, rape, business robbery, hijacking/robbing of motor vehicles, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, were cornered and apprehended by the EMPD Specialised Task Team. The arrest took place on Tuesday, 24 March, in Thembisa where an

Last night (20 February) in Elsburg and Germiston/Driehoek areas, between 20h00 and 23h45, the EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit on night shift carried out an anti-drugs operation that involved bribery! It was at 20h30 on Valk Street in Elsburg when the EMPD team arrested a 30-year old male, found in possession of seven Ziplocks of khat […]

Tuesday, 11 February, was not a good day for two men who were found offloading reported stolen foodstuff and promptly arrested by the EMPD Tsakane precinct officers. It happened in Geluksdale area (La Bore industrial site) on Newton Road at 14h45. Acting on a tip off, the officers closed in on five suspects transferring goods […]

Acting on a tip off from a reliable source, members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit targeted a house in Katlehong at 10h30, on Ntanga Street, confiscating the drug known as khat. This happened on 11 February, when the 31-year old male suspect was found in possession of 11 ziplocks of […]

A woman and her son have been arrested in Vosloorus, Gauteng, for allegedly possessing and selling drug. According to the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD), the 63-year-old woman and 32-year-old man were found in possession of 21 zip-lock bags containing khat and seven bags of dagga worth R4 900 on Friday. “Charges of possession and […]

The City acted swiftly and suspended with immediate effect the metro police traffic officer who is allegedly drunk in full uniform, as witnessed on a video that went viral on social media yesterday. Preliminary investigations took place that resulted in the suspension of the officer and other accomplices. It is alleged that there are two […]

The EMPD Vosloorus Precinct in MC Botha Avenue has been temporarily moved to Zonkizizwe Precinct in Sontonga Road, Katlehong 2, while renovations are under way. Renovations are set to be completed by the end of December 2019. Telephone numbers for the Vosloorus Precinct stay the same, but during the course of installing the numbers at […]

Several illegal shebeens were shut down, expired foodstuffs, cigarettes confiscated and six people were arrested on Friday (2 November) between 9am and 2pm in a joint operation with EMPD and SAPS, led by MMC for Community Safety Cllr Vivienne Chauke, the teams blitzed Barcelona, a semi-informal settlement near Daveyton. “Operation Buya Mthetho is a multi-departmental