A matric student was one of several people arrested for drug-related offences in Wonderboompoort recently.
The 19-year-old learner from Hillview High School was arrested for allegedly being in the possession of drugs.
Police acted on a tip-off about drugs being sold to learners from a grey Toyota Avanza, according to spokesperson Constable Mandlakayise Zwane.
This happened last Tuesday around 15:05 at Franzina Street in Roseville.
Zwane said police were informed the driver of the vehicle was a learner at Hillview.
“Upon arrival, police searched the car,” he said.
“They discovered drugs in the vehicle together with a substantial amount of cash which was also seized.”
Zwane said the learner was later released into the care of his parents and has appeared in the Pretoria magistrate’s court.
He said that the value of the drugs confiscated during the arrest was not yet known.
“We sent them (the drugs) to our forensic department and we are awaiting their report,” he said.
The matric learner’s arrest was one of several made by Wonderboompoort police in recent days.
The most recent arrest was that of a 35-year-old man for allegedly being in the possession of drugs.
The man was arrested on Sunday around 8:30
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“The police were performing their daily duties on the corner of Louis Trichardt and Paul Kruger streets in Mayville when they saw the man. He consented to being searched and police found drugs in a zip-lock plastic bag.
“The man was immediately detained and he appeared in the Pretoria magistrate’s court for bail application.”
In another incident on the same day, Wonderboompoort police arrested a 33-year-old man on the corner of Burlington and Fred Nicholson streets in Park Town Estate for alleged possession and dealing in drugs.
Zwane said the suspect was found in possession of cash believed to have been the proceeds of selling drugs. The money was seized.
Last Thursday around 11:30 at Myburgh Street in Capital Park police arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly being in possession of dagga.
“The police saw a suspicious person and asked to search her,” he said.
“Dagga was found and she was detained immediately.”
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Zwane said the woman later paid an admission of guilt fine and was released.
“Paying the admission of guilt does not in any way exonerate the suspect from the commission of crime. It is the suspect’s acknowledgement she broke the law and paid the fine.”
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