Three suspects nabbed while R10 000 worth of drugs confiscated

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Eastern Region Task Team Officers intercepted three (3) male suspects between the ages of 25 and 40 for possession and possible dealing in illicit substances, in the Tsakane area.

EMPD Officers continued with their quest to bring down drug syndicates, in aid to have a drug-free City of Ekurhuleni (CoE). The Officers carried out a sting operation in the early hours of the morning, armed with information from a reliable source on the whereabouts of these drug dealers in the area. Officers cornered a 25-year-old Mozambican national on Rolihlahla Street Extension 8 with twenty (20) ziplock packets of Crystal Meth and twenty (20) star Mandrax tablets all with the estimated street value of three-thousand-rand (R3000) and five hundred and forty rands (R540) in cash.
Meanwhile at the same address, Officers intercepted a 40-year-old African male with one hundred (100) brown wrapped plastic, which contained substance suspected to be drugs, with the estimated street value of five-thousand-rand (R5000) and six hundred and sixty rand (R660) in cash. Furthermore, on Rolihlahla Street Extension 8, Officers apprehended a 33-year-old African male suspect with forty (40) brown wrapped plastic, which contained substance suspected to be drugs, with the estimated street value of two thousand rands (R2000). The R10K worth of narcotics and cash were booked at the Tsakane police station.

The threesome facing charges of possession and possible dealing in illicit substance are expected to appear in the Tsakane Magistrate Court soon.

The net is closing in on all drug syndicates who are busy selling illicit substance that destroys our communities, they will be held accountable and will face the full might of the Law.