Police drugs unit seizes cannabis products in uMhlanga shop
The seizure was part of an operation that also led to the recovery of drugs worth an estimated R211 000 in the Durban CBD.
THE Provincial Drugs and Firearms Unit have arrested three suspects for drug dealing in intelligence-driven operations on Tuesday (July 21).
During the operations police proceeded to a cannabis shop in uMhlanga where they seized cannabis products.
According to national police spokepserson, Lieutenant Colonel Magwaza, three suspects aged between 25 and 40 years old were arrested on charges of dealing in drugs across Durban.
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“In the first operation, police officers conducted a sting operation at Point area in Durban where they arrested two suspects found in possession of an assortment of narcotics, including rock cocaine, ecstasy crystal meth, heroin and cocaine powder.
“The estimated street value of the recovered drugs is R211 000. Both the suspects aged between 30 and 40 years old were charged for dealing in drugs. In another operation, conducted in Morningside in a shop on Florida Road, by the Provincial Drugs and Firearms Team as well as the Economic Infrastructure Task Team, it led to the arrest of a 25-year-old suspect for dealing in cannabis. Police then proceeded to another shop at uMhlanga where they seized more cannabis products,” Magwaza said.
All three suspects are set to appear at the Durban Magistrate’s Court today (July 22) facing charges of dealing in drugs.
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