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The Hawks are searching for at least three suspects after a retired Brigadier, Joseph Jongile, was gunned down in his East London home on Friday night.

Western Cape police are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found in his flat in Hartenbos on Friday.

Police Ministry spokesperson, Lizandzu Themba, told Algoa FM News that the current lab situated in Gqeberha only deals with evidence recovery and sample submission at the moment.

Former ANC Buffalo City branch chairperson, Zolani Xego, started serving his eight-year prison sentence for fraud following his dramatic arrest on Friday. The National Prosecuting Authority said when the Hawks and Visible Police members arrived at his Southernwood home, he first refused them entry and later threw boiling water at the officers.

Three suspects are being held in custody and will appear in the PE Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of vehicle hijacking.

Detectives from Mount Road in Gqeberha is urgently seeking the assistance of the community to trace the next of kin of a man whose remains were found on the N2 freeway.

Police in Kwadwesi are looking for eyewitnesses after a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in Gqeberha on Thursday.

An Eastern Cape policeman was among three people arrested on Thursday in Lusikisiki for dealing in drugs.

A 25-year-old shop owner from an outlet in William Moffett in Walmer, Gqeberha was slapped with a fine of R 5 000 after counterfeit goods and unregistered insecticides were found in his shop.