THE Local Drug Action Committee (LDAC) will picket against the bail application of two drug dealers who were arrested on August 8 after a R1.5 million bust in Terenure.
The pair is due to appear in Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning where they will apply for bail.
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LDAC members are saying they will not allow drug dealers in their community and will protest for them not to be granted bail.
“The purpose of the picket is to highlight the scourge of substance abuse in Kempton which has subsequently led to the increase of other horrendous crimes such as murder, human trafficking and prostitution,” Kempton police spokesperson, Capt Jethro Mtshali said, highlighting the ripple effect drugs have on society.
“This is also one of the reasons why we see more youth – boys and girls – sleeping on the streets. Most of them, if not all, are addicted to the popular nyaope drug.”
The two suspects, a 39-year-old Nigerian national and a 28-year-old Ghanaian national, were arrested in connection with operating a drug laboratory manufacturing cat at Kirana complex on Dunlin Street in Terenure.
Lt Col Wilfred Kgasago, metro police spokesman, said information received via the Crime Stop anonymous tip-off line resulted in law enforcers discovering the laboratory.
