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SAPS Free State Provincial Office By: Neo Ntsele On 1 September 2026, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Free State Province unveiled the provincial crime statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year and the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year. The statistics were revealed at the SAPS Free State Provincial Office in Bloemfontein by Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Thabang Lesia, alongside the Office of the MEC for Community

Wanted suspect By: Staff Reporter Police in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District, Bethlehem, are searching for a suspect linked to a robbery and fraud incident at Sechaba Mall. The victim reported that as he was about to withdraw cash from an ATM, he felt a sharp object pressed against his back. An unidentified African male then grabbed the victim’s bank card and fled. An undisclosed sum of money was later withdrawn from the victim’s account. A case docket was filed, and a composi

Trio Arrested for drug dealings By: Staff Reporter Three individuals, two men aged 42 and 60 and a woman aged 42, are set to appear for the first time in the Zastron Magistrates Court on charges of alleged drug dealing. They were apprehended early this morning, Wednesday, 26 August 2026, by a multidisciplinary team including the Hawks, Tactical Response Team (TRT), and Crime Intelligence (CI) during an operation named Operation Diamond. CI members identified the group in 2025