OUDTSHOORN NEWS - Midweek operations in the Garden Route District resulted in the arrest of three suspects for drugs as part of ongoing Safer Festive Season operations in Oudtshoorn and George.
On Wednesday, 12 November at about 09:30 Oudtshoorn Crime Prevention unit members acted on intelligence when they raided a house at Dahlia Court, Bridgton in Oudtshoorn.
The team found 62 bankies tik, 10 grams tik, 13 full mandrax, one half mandrax and 71 grams dagga.
Police confiscated the drugs, two scales and an undisclosed amount of cash. A 33 year old woman found at the premises was arrested on a charge of dealing in drugs.
Meanwhile, later the same day, Dysselsdorp Crime Prevention unit members, armed with a search warrant, descended on a premises at Paradise View, Dysselsdorp outside Oudtshoorn. A search of the premises led to the confiscation of 40 Full Mandrax and 15 Bankies consisting of tik.
The suspects will appear in court once charged.
Substance abuse remain on of the contributors to serious and violent crime and these arrests and confiscations forms part of concerted efforts to close down illicit drug outlets.
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