Drug dealer busted by SAPS K9 units

BRANDVLEI – SAPS K9 and Crime Intelligence in Springbok conducted intelligence driven sting operations in the Namakwa District, Northern Cape. In Port Nolloth the police arrested five undocumented persons at the first premises. The team arrested male at the second premises in possession of 8,990kg Hydro Dagga with an estimated street value of R1,7million that was stashed in vehicle tyres. In Brandvlei the team went on to search an open area nearby an alleged drug dealer’s house and seized seven tik bankies, four half mandrax tablets, 24 quarter mandrax tablets, 84 pokes of dagga, 107 bankies dagga and one bag of loose dagga buried underground. Police will continue to keep high visibility in and around the identified hotspot as no arrests were made. The Nababeep SAPS Crime Prevention unit executed tracing operations in Okiep and followed up on information about alleged drug dealing activities. The members arrested an adult male and female with 39 mandrax tablets and confiscated an undisclosed amount of cash from the suspected drug dealers.