Flying squad arrests eight suspects, seizes drugs and stolen copper cables
Benoni and Kempton Park police intercepted multiple vehicles in early December, recovering drugs worth tens of thousands of rands and copper cables valued at R100 000, leading to eight arrests.
Benoni Flying Squad members arrested eight people after finding drugs and copper cables on December 2 and 4.
On December 2, members assisted the CPF after it pulled over a Mazda BT50 on Benoni Road in Jatniel. Found carrying copper cables valued at R100 000, two people were arrested.
Members patrolling Kempton Park on December 4 saw a Chevrolet Aveo skip a stop street on the corner of Highveld and Partridge roads.
The car had one occupant and was pulled over. Members noticed three boxes of pain syrup in the back seat. One man was arrested after he could not produce documentation for the medicines, valued at R5 000.
Later the same day, members followed up on information about a Scania truck transporting dagga to Mpumalanga.
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They intercepted it on the N12 and the Atlas Road offramp, and arrested three people after finding four large bags of dagga, valued at R40 000, in the truck.
In further policing, separate incidents on Pine Street, Brakpan, and Kerk Street, Kempton Park, led to two arrests. Crystal meth and Mandrax were recovered.
Investigations continue in all cases.
Those arrested will appear in local courts. They face charges of possession and dealing in drugs, damage to essential infrastructure, possession of suspected stolen goods and contravening the Medicines and Related Substances Act.
