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Drugs – busted

The street value is estimated at R2 000.

Nine suspects were arrested in four days for being in possession of drugs.

On February 23, two suspects were arrested.

Police parked at a yard during crime prevention around 13:00 and decided to go inside when they saw a suspicious person.

They stopped and searched the suspect and found drugs on him to the value of R5 000.

Another arrest was made on the same day around 15:00 when members were patrolling in Allenby Street.

Police searched a suspicious person and found drugs in his possession of approximately R500.

On February 22 around 15:00 eight small plastics with dagga inside was found in the possession of a school child.

This discovery was made after police conducted a search at a local school and the approximate street value of the dagga is R500.

Around 16:00 on the same day, drugs to the value of R600 were found when police patrolled and noticed a suspicious person.

The members stopped and searched him and he was arrested.

On February 21, police found nine rocks in the possession of a man walking our streets.

Police reported that at first nothing was found in the suspect’s possession but when he opened his hands, the drugs were inside.

The estimated street value is R450.

On the same day another suspect was arrested when police searched him and found eight crack cocaine in his possession.

The street value is estimated at R2 000.

On February 20 three more suspects were arrested for possession of drugs.

One suspect was apprehended at an address after police received a tip-off and he was found with drugs worth around R200.

Police set chase after another man when he tried to make a run for it, and police found drugs to the value of R2 000 in his possession.

Another suspect resisted arrest after drugs worth R400 was found in his possession.

The suspect was spotted during a police patrol.

All suspects were apprehended by police.

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