Man swallows mandrax while fleeing police
Johannesburg - Police in the Free State had to rush an alleged drug dealer to hospital after he swallowed mandrax tablets while fleeing and trying to get rid of the tablets, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, known as the Hawks, said on Monday.
"In an attempt to evade arrest the 55-year-old suspect rammed the police vehicle but he was arrested a short distance away. During the pursuit he threw away a large number of suspected mandrax into a stormwater drain," said Mulaudzi. The man will appear in the Welkom Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of dealing in drugs and reckless driving.
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