Police Beat

Police Warning on Recruiting – ID Documents Are a Protection
In a move to protect local farmers and businesses, Smithfield police are focussing their efforts on encouraging a more pro-active approach to signing on workers.

POLICE BEAT

Local Police Step up Public Presence
Local police are spending more time moving about the community, night and day, including checking shebeens, and ensuring they remain closely involved with matters of concern to the public.

POLICE BEAT

Teenage Burglaries Continue

Local detectives who were responsible for the recent arrests of adolescents on charges of burglary seen here with Superintendent Pule (extreme left). From left: Inspectors Mohotsi and Ramolula, Captain Kaphe and Inspector Lebajoa
Burglaries, many of them the work of teenage schoolchildren, have plagued Smithfield in the past month but police have arrested three [...]

POLICE BEAT

Youths Arrested for Burglaries

Jobless youths are believed to be responsible for some of the recent burglaries in Smithfield. Three of their number have been arrested and sent to Kroonstad, which is the holding facility for under age children.

POLICE BEAT

Bid To Improve Service
As part of a move to improve service delivery by the local police, Superintendent Pule appeals to the community to report immediately, 24 hours a day, any emergency complaint to him, or one of the senior officers.
Superintendent Pule’s cell number: 082 466 8463.
Captain Kaphe (Detectives): 082 466 8574
Captain Spandeel’s number will be [...]

POLICE REPORT

Spate of Stock Thefts Reported
Stock thefts in the Smithfield area appear to have got out of hand, with 69 sheep and 8 cattle having been stolen in February/March.

Police File

POLICE FILE
Beware So-Called ”Doctors”
Gangs, believed to be Ugandans posing as mystical doctors, have been preying on pensioners – promising them huge profits and leaving them with nothing.

THE POLICE BEAT

Women Arrested in Dagga Bust

From left:D/Insp Johannes Mojaje, Student/Const. John Nkabiti, D/Const Patrick Metseng and Const. Shadrack Shati with some of the dagga confiscated from the taxi.

Two Killed Near Rouxville

Two people were killed and five injured, three seriously, when two cars collided head-on outside Rouxville on Sunday, 20 July. A charge of culpable homicide has been laid by local police.

Scrap Metal & Diesel Thefts Four Arrested – No Bail

Scrap metal and fuel theft is the latest crime local police have had to face in the past few weeks.
Several arrests have been made by the Smithfield police and the alleged thieves have been denied bail. They are being held in the police cells.