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Armed suspects nabbed in Ventersdorp after multi-provincial crime spree
STELLALANDER - KURUMAN: North West’s Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has commended the swift and decisive action by Ventersdorp police that led to the arrest of three armed suspects in the early hours of Thursday, 3 July 2025.
The trio, aged 27, 40 and 45, are expected to appear in the Ventersdorp Magistrate’s Court on charges of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The arrests followed a routine patrol by visible policing officers near the N14 and R30 intersection outside Ventersdorp. At approximately 01:30, officers pulled over a suspicious white Nissan Micra. Two men fled the vehicle on foot, while the remaining three, including two Zimbabwean nationals, were detained on the scene. A thorough search led to the discovery of a rifle with an obliterated serial number, two pistols, and 18 rounds of ammunition.
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Polisie se Operasie Shanela lei tot talle inhegtenisnemings
STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: Die polisie in die provinsie, saam met ander wetstoepassingsagentskappe, hou steeds slag met die inhegtenisneming van verdagtes deur middel van Operasie Shanela.
Tussen Maandag 30 Junie en Sondag 6 Julie 2025 is talle verdagtes vir verskeie misdade gevang. Die arrestasies het verband gehou met klagtes soos roof met verswarende omstandighede, moord, poging tot moord, gewone- en ernstige aanranding, dwelmhandel, onwettige drankhandel, besit van dwelms, inbrake by sake- en residensiële persele, en nog vele ander. Verder is 30 verdagte ongedokumenteerde persone deur immigrasiebeamptes verhoor en inhegtenis geneem. Van die 871 verdagtes was 319 deur speurders opgespoor en tydens spesiale operasies in hegtenis geneem.
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New R69.8 million Tlakgameng Primary School officially handed over
STELLALANDER-TLAKGAMENG: The North West Department of Education, under the leadership of MEC Ntsetsao Viola Motsumi, officially handed over the newly constructed Tlakgameng Primary School to the community of Tlakgameng village on Thursday, 10 July.