The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) Officers, arrested a 45-year-old male suspect and illicit substances, were seized.
Metro Police Officers patrolling the Katlehong area in Sluma view section, were stopped by a member of the community, about a lawbreaker, who was selling drugs openly, just outside the school premises, on Phenduka Street.
Officers moved to the said location and a suspect, matching the description given, was cornered and body searched. Nine (09) zip locks of khat valued at five hundred rands (500), were uncovered and the suspect, facing charges of possession and dealing in illicit substance, was handcuffed, and taken to the Katlehong police station.
The detainee is expected to appear at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court soon. The confiscated narcotics were booked.
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