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The charge against a Gqeberha woman who allegedly arranged the kidnapping of her boyfriend's son was withdrawn against her in the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

EC cops face additional murder charge after second assault victim dies. The five are applying for bail in the Cradock Magistrate's Court.

A 30-year-old man has been detained in custody in Plettenberg Bay after drugs with an estimated street value of R1 million were discovered in his car. Police spokesperson Sergeant Chris Spies says on Friday last week, members set up a strategic vehicle checkpoint at the entrance into Plett where they pulled over a Chevrolet bakkie.

Two residents of Oudtshoorn will soon appear in the High Court in Cape Town after they were sued by Network24 for allegedly distributing online publications on WhatsApp groups. The women are 56-year-old Leanda van den Berg and 57-year-old Christina Gorgens.

The 35-year-old man who was arrested following a R1.2-million abalone bust in December appeared in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Monday. Johannes Petrus Cloete was arrested by a multi-disciplinary task team on Friday in Noordhoek in Gqeberha, after he had allegedly been on the run for more than a month.

A man convicted of raping and assaulting his girlfriend in Gqeberha in October 2022 has been granted bail and is now on the run. Andisiwe Maholwana, 29, raped his 31-year-old girlfriend in Solomon Mahlanqu in Walmer while also contravening a protection order.

A 41-year-old EC man is due to appear in court on Monday in connection with cases linked to taxi violence.

Two EC cops who allegedly stole state property worth more than R1m, granted bail after appearing in court this week.

A 44-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Tsolo Magistrates Court on Friday for her alleged involvement in a kidnapping. A spokesperson for the Hawks Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana says the suspect reportedly works as a clerk for a law firm in Mthatha and targeted a man who received a payout from the Road Accident Fund (RAF).