{"id":28558,"date":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=5f40932e214bea807841ca278c1ac7d3"},"modified":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","slug":"six-arrested-for-peddling-drugs-in-mthatha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/six-arrested-for-peddling-drugs-in-mthatha\/","title":{"rendered":"Six arrested for peddling drugs in Mthatha"},"content":{"rendered":"
MTHATHA – In a concerted effort to break the backbone of crime, an anti-crime operation was held at Mthatha, closing all entry points on Friday, 05 March 2021.<\/p>\n
During the roadblock at least 202 vehicles and 511 people were searched and as a result six suspects were arrested.<\/p>\n
A 26-year-old male suspect was charged for dealing in drugs\/ possession of drugs after he was found in possession of 55 sachets of tik, a plastic of Boss Pills including a cash amount of R550-00.<\/p>\n
A 21-year-old male was charged for dealing in drugs\/ possession of drugs after he was found in possession of 28 sachets of tik.<\/p>\n
A 34-year-old male suspect was charged for dealing in drugs after he was found in possession of 5 sachets of tik plus R80-00.<\/p>\n
A 34-year-old male suspect was charged for dealing in drugs\/ possession of drugs after he was found in possession of 43 sachets of tik.<\/p>\n
A 24-year-old male suspect was charged for dealing in drugs\/ possession of drugs after he was found in possession of 9 sachets of tik.<\/p>\n
A 49-year-old male was arrested for dealing in drugs\/ possession of drugs after he was found with one big sachet of tik.<\/p>\n
The following dangerous weapons were confiscated:<\/p>\n
3 x Bush knives<\/p>\n
6 x okapi knives<\/p>\n
2 x stainless steel knives<\/p>\n
1 x grass tool<\/p>\n
Thirty traffic fines to the value of R30600-00 were issued at King Sabata Dalindyebo Traffic.<\/p>\n
OR Tambo District Commissioner, Major Gen Kanuka commended the members for the arrest.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MTHATHA – In a concerted effort to break the backbone of crime, an anti-crime operation was held at Mthatha, closing all entry points on Friday, 05 March 2021.During the roadblock at least 202 vehicles and 511 people were searched and as a result six s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n