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Gqeberha police have opened an inquest docket after the body of a foreign national was found behind a restaurant on Marine Drive.

The Eastern Cape MEC's for Transport and Economic Development and Environmental Affairs, joined NMB mayor Babalwa Lobishe at a roadblock in Gqeberha where they marked the start of the safer festive season campaign.

The NSRI said a search was conducted at East Beach in Port Alfred on Thursday for a teenager who went missing at sea.

The Eastern Cape Health Department has welcomed the disbarring of a lawyer who had submitted 44 medico-legal claims amount to R497m.

Gqeberha police arrested four suspects after a man was kidnapped following an accident in Standford Road on Wednesday night.

The police in Gqeberha have arrested a suspect and confiscated abalone worth thousands of rands after a high-speed chase.

A manhunt is underway in the Eastern Cape after a headman and three other men were shot dead in Willowvale.

A Gqeberha man appeared in court on Thursday in connection with the death of a toddler who was killed in a shooting incident earlier this week.

The Hawks said six people appeared in court on Wednesday following a major breakthrough in a “sophisticated” fraud case targeting Standard Bank.