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Hawks swoop on drug dealer

The operation was conducted at Oribi Toll Plaza.

August 29, 2016
Sugan Naidoo 1 minute read
A woman was arrested with 3.020 kg of dagga in her luggage.

HAWKS officers in Port Shepstone on Tuesday last week arrested a 20-year-old woman for being in possession of dagga.

The officers received information about a suspect who was smuggling dagga from the Eastern Cape to Durban using public transport.
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An operation was subsequently conducted at Oribi Toll Plaza in Marburg near Port Shepstone. During the roadblock Akhona Tapu was found with 3.020 kg of dagga in her luggage.

She appeared in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, and the case was postponed to September 1.

She remains in police custody.

Recently, five people were also arrested in different occasions for the possession of dagga after information was received that they were trafficking the drug from Eastern Cape to KZN.

They appeared in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court and are out on bail.

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August 29, 2016
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Sugan Naidoo

Senior reporter Sugan Naidoo is a true son of the South Coast soil. He was to the newspaper industry born, his late father working at the South Coast Herald back in the days when black and white photographs were still being used. Sugan has been with Caxton for close to three decades, having started as a weekend photographer, straight out of school. He soon showed his skill in hard news reporting and has, over the years, added to his repertoire, with motoring now one of his important beats. He is always willing to go the extra mile, especially if it's to test drive a new vehicle. He supports the Proteas, Springboks and Manchester United.
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