Recently in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court, the most common cases seem to have been those dealing in drugs – more specifically heroin. Some of the latest arrests for this drug are as follows:
• A woman in her early 20s was arrested in October after being found in the possession of one capsule of heroin in Scottburgh. She was granted Legal Aid and remains in police custody as she was unable to provide a home address.
• An elderly man was arrested on November 7 at the Scottburgh off-ramp after he had been found in the possession of 800 capsules of heroin. He is believed to have been dealing in this drug. He was granted Legal Aid, but said that, at a later stage, he might get a private attorney.
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He has one previous conviction, having been fined R2 000 in 2001 for possession of heroin. He also has a pending case for heroin at the Chatsworth court, where he had been expected to reappear on November 8, but could not as he was in police custody. His case was postponed to November 16 for bail application.
• Another man was arrested after being found in the possession of two capsules of heroin. After he was granted Legal Aid, it was discovered that he has one pending case on the same charge and was out on R500 bail.
He also has two previous convictions, one for theft in 2008, for which he was sentenced to two years and the second was for robbery in 2012, for which he was sentenced to nine months. He was remanded in police custody and was due to reappear for bail application yesterday.
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