The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Equestrian Unit Officers, apprehended a 46-year-old male suspect and narcotics, were seized.
During the crime prevention operation, Officers noticed an unlawful transaction, occurring between two male characters, at an intersection of Elston and Voortrekker.
The duo, was approached and the other one, showed Officers a clean pair of shoes, leaving the other behind.
The body search was conducted and eighty-eight zip locks, thirty-one loose splits cannabis all weighing 500 grams, valued at two thousand three hundred and fifty rands, were uncovered.
The undocumented 46-year-old, facing charges of ‘possession and possible dealing in illicit substance’ was handcuffed and taken to the Benoni police station where a Migrations office, was also notified.
The detained suspect is expected to appear in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court soon.
One lawbreaker nabbed and illicit substance seized in Benoni https://t.co/FLUM5mygUb#ArriveAlive #DrugsOffTheStreets #EMPD @City_Ekurhuleni pic.twitter.com/fKlRxf97vL
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) December 13, 2023