Johannesburg Flying Squad swoops on drugs and cars
Police seized Mandrax worth R13 000 in separate busts and recovered a stolen Toyota Venture and Hyundai Accent.
JHB Flying Squad and K9 Unit members arrested two people and recovered two vehicles on July 28.
At about 13:30, flying squad members were patrolling the corner of 7th Avenue in Bez Valley when a man ran into a house after seeing them.
Officers followed the man and, while searching him, found Mandrax with a street value of R12 000.
They arrested the man for drug possession and detained him at the Jeppe SAPS.
Earlier that day, at about 11:00, JHB K9 members patrolling the Booysens policing area searched another man and found Mandrax worth R 1 000.
They arrested and charged him with drug possession, detaining him at the Booysens SAPS for further investigation.
In a separate case on the same day, flying squad members recovered two abandoned cars: A blue Toyota Venture, reported stolen, on Wolhuter Street in Jeppe, and a silver Hyundai Accent, believed to have been used in the commission of a crime, on Kliprivier Drive in the Suideroord/Mondoer areas.
Both vehicles were handed over to the pound for further investigation and safekeeping.
The suspects appeared in different magistrates’ courts.
Anyone with more information can call their nearest police station or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
