Rural Flying Squad confiscate mandrax tablets in Vredendal

The swift response of police members of the Rural Flying Squad deployed on the N7 highway resulted in the arrest of a Burundi foreign national on Tuesday 21 January 2025, who was found in possession of drugs.

The members were busy with patrols when they received information of a blue Kia Rio driving in the direction of Vredendal. Reports suggested that the driver of the mentioned motor vehicle was transporting a consignment of drugs. Members rushed to the town where they spotted the suspicious vehicle in the vicinity of a business premises in Voortrekker Street. The members approached the vehicle, searched the driver and the vehicle, which led to the discovery of 1739 mandrax tablets. They detained the 38-year-man for dealing in drugs.

The suspect is expected to make a court appearance in the Vredendal Magistrate’s Court on the mentioned charge.