Homeland Security: Leading the Charge in Community Protection
Bulwer Road robbery suspects caught after pursuit in Glenwood
Two brothers were robbed on Bulwer Road, Glenwood, by men in a silver VW Golf with no plates. After a call to the Glenwood UIP...
Stolen VW Polo recovered on Helen Joseph Road, Glenwood
A white VW Polo reported stolen on a Harrismith case triggered a Pigeon Valley UIP ANPR alert. It was spotted by a Glenwood UIP Homeland...
BMW wanted for theft stopped on Crart Avenue, Glenwood
A blue BMW wanted for theft in Pietermaritzburg triggered a Glenwood UIP ANPR alert. The Homeland Response Team spotted it on Crart Avenue, Glenwood, and...
Hijacked Renault recovered in Glenwood, suspect arrested
A car hijacked the day before triggered a SNIPR alert on a Glenwood UIP ANPR camera. Our control room tracked it to a nearby shopping...
Glenwood accident uncovers stolen VW Polo on false plates
A Glenwood UIP Homeland TRT officer attending an accident on Helen Joseph and Lena Ahrens Road, Glenwood, spotted mismatched VIN numbers. The VW Polo was...
Vehicle break-in suspect caught with stolen goods in Umbilo
Homeland Security SA reaction teams responded to a vehicle break-in on Regina Road off Bartle Road, Umbilo. The suspect was found nearby with the...
Armed robbery at Glenwood pet shop stopped after panic alert, suspect arrested
A popular Glenwood pet shop pressed its panic button at 09:18. Our TRT and response team arrived while an armed robbery was in progress; one...
Checkers Sixty60 driver robbed at gunpoint in Umbilo, armed suspect arrested
An Umbilo resident called us about a man being beaten. On arrival we found a Checkers Sixty60 driver had been robbed at gunpoint on Esther...
3 suspects arrested for robbing pedestrians in Manor Gardens
A Manor Gardens resident reported three young men robbing pedestrians. We picked them up along Sport Road heading towards Mandene Park; a response member and...
Laptop thief arrested near Davenport Centre, Glenwood
A Pigeon Valley UIP officer was chasing a suspect, and Homeland Security mobilised teams that arrested him near the Davenport Centre. An Apple laptop stolen...
Manor Gardens armed robbers caught after high-speed chase (video)
Four men in a white VW Golf were robbing students and residents in Manor Gardens. Our ANPR cameras flagged the car; when approached at a...
Musgrave house burglar tracked down and arrested
A Musgrave resident called us for help after a house burglary. Our team tracked down the suspect, and he was arrested and handed to Berea...
3 suspects arrested after 2 students robbed on Bulwer and Clark Road, Glenwood
Two students were robbed at the corner of Bulwer and Clark Road around 18:00. We loaded the getaway car's plate onto SNIPR; at 20:00 a...
Berea Centre shoplifter chased on foot and arrested on the N3
After a shoplifting report at Pep in Berea Centre, our response team spotted the suspect and, with Umbilo CPF, chased him on foot onto the...
Stolen vehicle recovered in Glenwood, 2 suspects arrested after SNIPR alert
A stolen car entered the Glenwood UIP precinct and triggered SNIPR alerts. Our Glenwood UIP TRT and response team mobilised and, with help from the...
Suspect wanted for house break-in spotted on JB Marks Road and arrested
Our response team spotted a suspicious man on JB Marks Road. He was positively identified as someone wanted in a house break-in case at Umbilo...
Armed robbery suspects intercepted in Glenwood after SNIPR camera alert
A Glenwood UIP SNIPR camera flagged a car at 21:00. Our response officer followed it and called backup through our 70-member security group; with Dew...
Off-duty officer chases and arrests armed suspect on Berea Road
Driving home from rugby with his son, one of our off-duty members heard a gunshot and saw two armed men running. Unarmed, he chased them...
Wanted motorbike stopped in Glenwood after ANPR camera alert, rider arrested
A SNIPR ANPR camera in a Glenwood UIP member's car park flagged a wanted motorbike leaving the premises. Our response team and Glenwood UIP TRT...
Wanted vehicle stopped in Glenwood after SNIPR camera alert, 2 suspects arrested
A wanted car triggered a SNIPR alert on our new Glenwood UIP ANPR camera as it entered Glenwood. Our Glenwood UIP TRT stopped it, and...
Hijacked vehicle tracked from Manor Gardens and intercepted, driver arrested
A car hijacked in Greenwood Park entered Manor Gardens at 13:50. Our response and tactical teams mobilised, SAPS confirmed it was still wanted, and it...
Suspect arrested for stealing aluminium from an electrical substation in Glenwood
Homeland Security and Glenwood UIP officers caught a man damaging an electrical substation in Glenwood and stealing aluminium from it. He was taken to Umbilo...
Cable thieves caught after high-speed chase, 200m of cable recovered
Responding to a suspicious car on Howard Avenue, our units found cables cut on Lena Ahrens Road and a black Mercedes being loaded. A chase...
Vehicle wanted for house robbery crashes after high-speed chase, 4 suspects arrested
One of our members spotted a car wanted for a Greenwood Park house robbery and the theft of a reaction officer's firearm. Security companies, the...
Vehicle linked to 2 attempted murder counts stopped on Bartle Road, suspects arrested
A Honda CR-V allegedly used in an Umkomaas shooting, where a taxi boss was shot, was spotted on Bartle Road. Homeland Security, DRK Security and...
Electricity cable thief caught during load-shedding and arrested
Community members reported electricity cables stolen during load-shedding. Two of our members and our camera controller followed the suspect; he was caught with the cable...
Business break-in suspect identified on CCTV and arrested in Glenwood
After a business break-in on Helen Joseph Road, we reviewed the CCTV footage and identified several suspects. Our Glenwood UIP Tactical Response Team tracked one...
2 House Break-In Suspects Caught With 3 Stolen TVs After Chase on Dale Road
Witnesses reported four men breaking into a home on Bank Terrace. Homeland Security and Urban Defence spotted two of them carrying blankets, chased them down...
Suspect Arrested With 9mm Pistol After Shooting at Dalton Hostel, Umbilo
Responding to a shooting in progress at Dalton Hostel, members heard gunshots near A Block. With Umbilo Crime Prevention, Dew-Force and SAPS K9, one suspect...
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