On Monday, 5 April 2021 at 11:00, police officers from Tongaat SAPS arrested a 34-year-old man for possession of drugs and bribery.
The police officers were conducting patrols at the Tongaat taxi rank when they noticed a man behaving suspiciously. When the police approached him, he panicked and proceeded to walk away. The police officers hastily stopped the man and upon searching him, they found a packet that contained 49 blue and white capsules suspected to be heroin. The police then proceeded to the suspect’s house at Siterams in Emona.
They searched the suspect’s house and further discovered 334 blue and white capsules of heroin, 40 pieces of a solid white substance suspected to be rock cocaine and 90 glass pipes used to smoke rock cocaine. The suspect offered the police officers R1000-00 in exchange for his freedom, but the police officers stood their ground. They seized the cash and further charged him for bribery.
When the police officers were escorting the suspect to the police van, he became aggressive and resisted being handcuffed. He was placed under arrest for possession of drugs, resisting arrest, and bribery. The estimated street value of the recovered drugs is R20 000-00. The suspect appeared before the Verulam Magistrates Court yesterday.