From October 6 to 11, Benoni Flying Squad members arrested seven suspects, recovered drugs and one motor vehicle. Members received information on Tuesday evening of a white Toyota Hilux transporting drugs and travelling on the N12 towards N3.

They tracked the vehicle and at about 20:50 pulled it over at the corner of Sam Sekoati and Barry Marais Roads in Vosloorus.

Two suspects, aged 26 and 46, were immediately arrested when members found two wrapped bales of dagga with an estimated weight of around 25kg.

Four suspects aged 24 to 40 years were arrested for drug-related offences in Kempton Park (Bosch Street, and Maxwell and North Rand roads) and in Brakpan (Wenden Avenue).

Crystal methamphetamine and mandrax were recovered in these separate incidents.

On Sunday at around 20:00, members operationalised information of a vehicle allegedly transporting dagga on the R23 towards Carnival City.

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The white Toyota Rush was pulled over at the R23 and R550 intersection.

The 39-year-old driver was arrested when members found eight bags of dagga weighing approximately 40kg in the vehicle.

The suspect was detained at Tsakane SAPS, the dagga booked in as an exhibit and the vehicle impounded for used in the commission of a crime.

In further policing members recovered an abandoned hijacked red Volkswagen Polo on Essellen Street in Daveyton reported on a Lenasia case.

Investigation continues in all cases.

The suspects appeared and will appear in the local magistrate’s courts facing charges of possession of and dealing in drugs.

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