Members of Operation Shanela deployed in Langa on Thursday evening, 26 September 2024, were conducting crime prevention patrols in Zone 22 when they received information from a member of the community of a person who is selling drugs in the area. The members followed up the information and searched the premises.
They found 107 mandrax tablets, 218.70 grams of crystal meth and a firearm magazine in the house. A 49-year-old Nigerian national was arrested for the possession of drugs.
The suspect will appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates’ court once he has been charged.
Furthermore, members of Public Order Police arrested two males, aged 18 and 24, for robbery in Vrygrond on Thursday afternoon. The members were busy with patrols when a lady stopped them in the road and told them that she was robbed of her cellular telephone by two unknown males who she will be able to identify.
The members assisted the victim and the suspects were arrested with the victim’s cellular telephone in their possession.
The suspects will appear in the Muizenberg Magistrate’s Court once they have been charged.
