SAPS arrest drug dealer and confiscate drugs worth R500k

POLOKWANE – The Provincial Organised Crime Investigation Unit in Polokwane in conjunction with other stakeholders continue to crack a whip on illegal drug dealers in the Province. The police arrested yet another drug dealer in Bendor. According to information, the Provincial Organised Crime Investigation Unit received information from a source about a suspect who was selling drugs at a tavern in Ladanna.

They followed up the information that led to the suspect. He was closely monitored until he drove away in a white A4 Audi to Bendor. They followed him until they pounced on him while he was waiting for a gate to open at one of complexes at Bendor. Upon searching his vehicle, they found twenty-seven sachets of crystalmeth, rock and khat with an estimated street value of five hundred thousand rands. The 47-year-old suspect was immediately arrested and the drugs and vehicle were confiscated.