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Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of business robbery after copper cables worth a million Rand was dug up from a substation in Stuandale on Tuesday.

A couple accused of murdering 19-month-old Krisley Dirker, who died under mysterious circumstances, made their second appearance in the Gqeberha High Court on Wednesday. Robin and Kristen Clarke also face an additional two counts of abuse or the deliberate neglect of a child, and a charge of failure to provide a child with medical assistance.

Two alleged stock thieves are expected to appear in the Bedford Magistrates Court on Wednesday, following their arrest in Cookhouse. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says police responded to a complaint of the slaughtering of sheep at a farm in the area.

A foul smell coming from a house in Korsten, Gqeberha has led to the discovery of abalone worth hundreds of thousands of rands. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says concerned neighbours called police to a house in Daniel Street after suspecting that the foul smell could be that of a decomposing body.

Three suspects are due to appear in the Gqeberha magistrates court on Thursday for a double murder they allegedly committed just days before Christmas. The suspects, aged 21, 22 and 32 face a charge of murder after they allegedly brutally stabbed two teenagers to death during the early hours of December 22nd.

Four of the Eastern Cape's leading private schools have released their 2022 matric results.

Detectives in Kabega Park in Gqeberha are searching for a young man who was last seen on the morning of the 8th of January this year. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the 21-year-old Khaya Buhle Ngqase left his house in Troy Avenue, Parsonsvlei just before noon on the day.

A man accused of killing 32-year-old Riaan Marais from Gqeberha made a brief appearance in the Magistrates Court on Monday. Thirty-year-old Brendin Rossouw will spend another night in prison after his case was remanded to Tuesday for a possible bail application.

A 30-year-old man from Gqeberha has been charged with murder after an argument over a dog turned deadly. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says on Friday night an altercation broke out in Melkhout Street in Greenbushes between the suspect and 32-year-old Riaan Marais.