GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - The strategic deployment of Rural Flying Squad and Eden Cluster Crime Combatting Team (ECCT) members once again yielded results when drugs with an estimated street value of more than R38 000 were confiscated during weekend operations.
According to Southern Cape police spokesperson Sgt Chris Spies, members of the flying squad conducted a vehicle checkpoint along the N12 between George and Oudtshoorn on Saturday 13 November.
In one of the vehicles they stopped and searched, the police found 200 Mandrax tablets and 75g of tik in possession of one of the occupants. An 18-year-old suspect was arrested on a charge of dealing in drugs.
The suspect remains in custody. He is expected to appear in the Oudtshoorn Magistrate’s Court today, Monday 15 November.
That evening, ECCT members deployed to Thembalethu and Conville arrested four suspects on charges of possession of drugs and two for possession of dangerous weapons. The police confiscated small quantities of tik and various sharp objects during the arrests.
All arrested will appear in court once charged.
One of the weapons confiscated in George.
Another weapon confiscated in George.
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