A man has been arrested after police officers caught him in possession of raw gold worth R500 000.It is alleged that he was preparing to smuggle it into Gauteng.He has been also been charged with corruption after he allegedly offered investigators money to release him.A 41-year-old man has been arrested after police officers caught him…
Dagga found in possession of two arrested Mpumalanga cops. Two police officers were caught for possession of dagga inside a marked police vehicle.The two officers allegedly solicited a bribe from people caught transporting dagga.The two are expected to face criminal charges. Two on duty Mpumalanga police officers have been arrested for possession of dagga inside a…
A 38-year-old man, allegedly in possession of heroin worth more than R1.4 million, was arrested in Durban on Saturday. According to police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala, police officers patrolled Wakesleigh Road in Bellair after receiving complaints of drug-related activities in the area. "One kilogram of pure heroin and 35 000 capsules of heroin were recovered from…
Four men are expected to appear in court on Tuesday after they were caught in possession of protected flora and a rhino horn.The four - aged 23, 30, 36 and 46 - were arrested on Saturday in Citrusdal in the Western Cape.Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said the arrests were carried out by the Malmesbury…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have