Tip-off leads to the arrest of suspected dealer
Together we can do more in the fight against crime
TONGA – Last Friday the 54-year-old Mr Doctor Magagula of Mgobodzi was denied bail in the Nkomazi Magistrate’s Court on a charge of dealing in dagga.
Magagula was arrested in the early hours of the very same day, after police had received a tip-off that there was dagga on his premises.
Upon arrival at his home, they found five compressed bags of dagga weighing a total of 72,76 kilograms with an estimated street value of R300 000.
He was denied bail and remanded in police custody until his next court appearance on December 15.
Tonga station commander, Brig Velisiwe Mdaka, thanked the SAPS members and the community who had given police the information that led to the arrest of the suspect.
“Together we can do more in the fight against crime,” said Mdaka. At the time of going to print the outcome of Magagula’s appearance was not
yet known.
