While on patrol last Sunday in Riefontein Road, a known drug hot spot, officers from the Primrose Police Station noticed a man acting suspiciously.
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They approached the 28-year-old man, who was leaning against a wall smoking a cigarette, introduced themselves and asked if they could search him.
“During the search officers found a brown plastic bag containing a suspicious substance in his front right pocket,” said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.
“The accused allegedly admitted to police the substance was nyaope.”
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The man was arrested on a charge of possession of drugs.
He has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court, where his case was postponed for plea and trial.
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