Margate police net three in drug crackdown
A confiscated firearm will undergo ballistic testing to determine if it has been used in the commission of other crimes.
Margate police continue to crackdown on the local drug trade after two people were arrested in the Nositha area of Margate on Monday this week.
Police searched an identified residence where a 27-year-old man was arrested for possession and dealing in drugs.
A further search uncovered a Norinco pistol and five live rounds of ammunition.
The man also faces charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Saps Ugu District Communication and Liaison said the firearm will undergo ballistic testing to determine if it has been used in the commission of other crimes.
While at the property, alert officers from the Margate Drug Task Team noticed another man approaching. After searching him, police recovered six mandrax tablets and 20 heroin capsules, and the man, also aged 27, was arrested for possession and dealing in drugs.
Both men are expected to appear in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court shortly.
In a separate operation on July 23, police acted on information at a residence in Matsheketsheni, Gcilima, believed to be linked to drug dealing. After conducting surveillance, police arrested a 37-year-old man who was found with heroin capsules, mandrax tablets, ziplock bags of crystal meth, and ziplock bags of powder cocaine.
He appeared in court on charges of possession and dealing in drugs, and the matter was postponed to October 29.
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