According to police spokesperson Sergeant Christopher Spies, operations aimed against drug outlets started on Friday, 3 May. These operations included stop and search activities in ‘crime stricken areas’.
A total of 57 suspects were arrested for drug-related offences in the Garden Route District over the past weekend.Sergeant Christopher Spies, operations aimed against drug outlets started on Friday, 3 May. These operations included stop and search activities in ‘crime stricken areas’.On Friday around 11:30am, George Public Order Police and Heidelberg police members conducted two operations at suspected drug outlets in Slangrivier with search warrants.
The members confiscated 140 mandrax tablets and seven grammes of tik. Two suspects, aged 23 and 41, were arrested on a charge of possession of drugs. On Saturday, Calitzdorp police members responded to information around 3pm when they stopped a vehicle at Voortrekker Street. Upon searching the vehicle, they found 242 mandrax tablets and 10 grammes of tik. A 60-year-old occupant was arrested on a charge of dealing in drugs.
‘In an unrelated incident later the same day, George police members conducted patrols at Napier Street, Blanco in George when they came across a man who acted suspiciously,’ says Spies. ‘The members approached the man and upon searching him, found a zip gun and a .22 round of ammunition in his possession. The 33-year-old man was subsequently arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.’
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