Tag: Bambatha Rifles
Another big cigarette bust for Bambatha Rifles
South African National Defence force (SANDF) Reserve Force unit, Bambatha Rifles, is making a name for itself as a smuggler stopper on its current...
Flow of illegal immigrants to South Africa continues, soldiers intercept over...
January 2024 was much the same as the previous month for soldiers deployed on the border protection tasking Operation Corona with the notable addition...
Bambatha Rifles net cigarettes worth millions in three border busts
The South Africa/Zimbabwe border appears to be the main entry point of illicit cigarettes into South Africa, as evidenced by several massive busts by...
Border patrol work pays off for Bambatha Rifles
Another day, another bust could well be the thinking of part-time SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers currently on border protection duty with Bambatha...
Bambatha Rifles “save” a bakkie, net illicit cigarettes
Bringing in donkeys to help move a stolen high-end bakkie across the Limpopo River did not help smugglers as South African infantry soldiers swooped...
Reserve Force soldier turns down bribe
A Reserve Force soldier showed true mettle and honesty when initiating a takedown from an apparently unscrupulous supplier.
Bambatha Regiment Warrant Officer Class 2 Happy...
Op Corona patrol nets detonators
Reserve Force soldiers on a routine border protection patrol put a spanner in the works of the criminal fraternity who use explosives in the...
Part-time soldiers recover earthmover in Limpopo
Johannesburg Reserve Force regiment Bambatha Rifles notched a notable first during its current Operation Corona border protection deployment recovering a single earthmoving machine worth...