A SUSPECTED drug dealer who was arrested in the Westville area by the local police recently appeared at the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on allegations of being in possession of drugs.

KZN SAPS spokesperson, Colonel Robert Netshiunda said the 25-year-old man made his appearance following his arrest on October 27 by the police in Westville.

“Police were conducting crime prevention duties when they spotted a man acting suspicious and requested to search him. Upon searching the suspect, police found him in possession of drugs,” said Netshiunda.

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The suspect was arrested at Buckingham Terrace in the Westville central area.

It is reported that the suspect had attempted to flee but was apprehended and that when he was searched by the police, he was allegedly found in possession of 14 green and white capsules containing a substance suspected to be heroin and six white pieces of a substance suspected to be rock cocaine.

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