Police members recover a consignment of drugs and cash

Police members deployed in Athlone policing precinct detained seven suspects on Monday 11 December 2023, after they have successfully pursued information of dealing in drugs in separate incidents.

SAPS members attached to the Provincial Public Order Police operationalised the information at their disposal and tactically approached an identified address in Aiden Street, at about 13:00. The members entered the premises and ensued with a search of the premises and its occupants. Their persistence were rewarded when they recovered a consignment of drugs and an undisclosed amount of cash. They detained a 54-year-old man on a charge of dealing in drugs.

Meanwhile police members from Operation Shanela conducted an intelligence driven operation in Rylands. The members tactically approached the identified address and searched the entire premises. They confiscated a consignment of drugs, ammunition and cash which resulted in the arrest of six suspects between the ages of 27 and 41. The suspects face charges relating to the possession of ammunition and dealing in drugs.

The suspects are expected to make their respective court appearances in the Athlone Magistrates’ court on the mentioned charges, once charged.