{"id":49100,"date":"2023-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=e525375d579a9e1ed06b2ca841bc1014"},"modified":"2023-02-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:00:00","slug":"provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Commissioner applauds huge drug bust: OR Tambo District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OR TAMBO DISTRICT &#8211; The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene applauded the sterling efforts of members involved in the huge drug bust and the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect in Mthatha this morning.<\/p>\n<p>At about 10:10 today, while performing Operation Sikhona duties in Mthatha, the Tactical Response Team (TRT) members followed up on information received about a suspicious person driving a silver Toyota Etios. The vehicle was spotted in Nelson Mandela Drive and stopped. The driver from Gqeberha was alone and the vehicle was thoroughly searched. A substantial amount of money was found on the passenger seat. A further search resulted in the discovery of a huge consignment of mandrax tablets found hidden in the door panels of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 8928 mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R700 000 was confiscated. The vehicle was also impounded for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is expected to appear in the Mthatha Magistrate\u2019s Court on Monday, 13 February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Lt Gen Mene praised all role players involved in supplying the intelligence which led to the successful execution of the operation. \u2018Illegal possession of firearms and drugs is a growing concern. We cannot and will not stand back and allow the drug market to flourish. The strong stance taken by police, is a warning to drug dealers that we will continue to be resolute in making sure that these offenders are deprived of the proceeds of crime,\u2019 added Lt Gen Mene.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OR TAMBO DISTRICT &#8211; The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene applauded the sterling efforts of members involved in the huge drug bust and the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect in Mthatha this morning.At about 10:10 today, while &#8230;<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Provincial Commissioner applauds huge drug bust: OR Tambo District - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Provincial Commissioner applauds huge drug bust: OR Tambo District - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OR TAMBO DISTRICT - The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene applauded the sterling efforts of members involved in the huge drug bust and the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect in Mthatha this morning.At about 10:10 today, while ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-10T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sjadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5258049232dc72b42ad1073df5c990f\"},\"headline\":\"Provincial Commissioner applauds huge drug bust: OR Tambo District\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/\"},\"wordCount\":252,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/\",\"name\":\"Provincial Commissioner applauds huge drug bust: OR Tambo District - South Africa Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/provincial-commissioner-applauds-huge-drug-bust-or-tambo-district\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Provincial Commissioner applauds huge drug bust: OR Tambo District\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"description\":\"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; 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