IOL (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... was done and data analysed before a link was finally confirmed. Police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman added that detectives had walked countless kilometres questioning potential witnesses and spent hours staking out the highway and various addresses. Asked about a link between the 2006 murders and last week's fatal ambush of Arren Mahabir, a source said: "We're already...
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... was done and data analysed before a link was finally confirmed. Police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman added that detectives had walked countless kilometres questioning potential witnesses and spent hours staking out the highway and various addresses. 'Their patience and very thorough investigations paid off'On Thursday, Herselman's sister Naomi was stunned by the news....
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
R/$ 8.96R/€ 12.34R/£ 15.53Gold $/oz 890.85JSE Alsi 21,543.36 Article Search » » » » » 'Missing' man safe and unharmed in Australia October 09 2008 at 10:28AM Related Articles By Shaun SmillieThe family of Dirk Cortesi are still trying to piece together what happened to the 58-year-old after he went missing from the Northgate shopping centre. Police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
... a robbery in which an armed gang stole a man's Rolex watch. Last week, police Superintendent Eugene Opperman said two Mercedes-Benz cars being stolen on the same day in different parts of the city did not prove the existence of a "Mercedes gang".This week, socialite Edith Venter was accosted in the driveway of her Athol, Sandton, home and robbed of the jewellery she was wearing.And...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
R/$ 8.20R/€ 11.65R/£ 14.68Gold $/oz 813.30JSE Alsi 24,472.70 Article Search » » » » » Cop accidentally kills himself September 17 2008 at 04:18PM A police officer has died after accidentally shooting himself on the R24 freeway in Alropark, on the East Rand, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.Superintendent Eugene Opperman said Inspector Johan Erasmus, 33, shot himself in the groin while...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Undercover police have taken on a gang of armed robbers in a close-range gunfight that left two robbers dead and three wounded.The shootout occurred outside a Pick n Pay supermarket in Robertsham at about 7pm on Sunday. Two robbers were arrested.According to Gauteng police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman, undercover officers from Joburg and Pretoria police headquarters, including...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Undercover police have taken on a gang of armed robbers in a close-range gunfight that left two robbers dead and three wounded.The shootout occurred outside a Pick n Pay supermarket in Robertsham at about 7pm on Sunday. Two robbers were arrested.According to Gauteng police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman, undercover officers from Joburg and Pretoria police headquarters, including...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... jobs. They should also have a tracking system on their trucks and trailers," said Superintendent Eugene Opperman. - Sapa
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... ears and so now the story is out," explained provincial police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman.Opperman confirmed that Rose and Benjamin had been arrested at a flat in Fontainebleau, Randburg, along with female friend Chatna Cloete and Heinrich Gordon. The four were apprehended in a flat in Fountain Court at about 2pm and found to be in possession of a "significant...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... ears and so now the story is out," explained provincial police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman.Opperman confirmed that Rose and Benjamin had been arrested at a flat in Fontainebleau, Randburg, along with female friend Chatna Cloete and Heinrich Gordon. The four were apprehended in a flat in Fountain Court at about 2pm and found to be in possession of a "significant...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Meanwhile, police said on Friday they had been told there would be no prosecution.Following a report in the Times on the missing donation, Gauteng police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman said: "They [the NPA] decided not to prosecute."This was after consulting police Commissioner Norman Taioe, who had been handling the matter, Opperman said.But Tlali Tlali, spokesperson...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... area. The officers who fired on the car, according to police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman, are still on duty, as is the usual procedure. The outcome of an investigation by the Independent Complaints Directorate is now awaited. "I think everybody understands that these kinds of accidents happen," Opperman said.This article was originally published on page 2 of...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
"The wife was taken out of the intensive-care unit and the husband is still there, but doing well," said spokesperson Eugene Opperman.The couple walked into a robbery at their home in Meyersdal on Thursday night at about 11pm. Several armed men had tied up their son and gang-raped their daughter. When the parents drove into their garage they noticed their car loaded with appliances. The...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... was raped, remained in a stable but critical condition in Alberton's Union hospital.Superintendent Eugene Opperman, Gauteng police spokesman, said the couple were shot when they reversed at speed out of their driveway and failed to stop when police warned them to do so.Police, armed with automatic weapons, opened fire on their vehicle.Opperman said the robbers had entered the...
IOL (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
... raped, remained in a stable but critical condition in Alberton's Union hospital. Superintendent Eugene Opperman, Gauteng police spokesman, said the couple were shot when they reversed at speed out of their driveway and failed to stop when police warned them to do so. Police, armed with automatic weapons, opened fire on their vehicle. Opperman said the robbers had entered the...
