the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) Officers crackdown two African male suspects aged 39 and 42 for possession and possible dealing in illicit substances, in the Tsakane area.
EMPD Officers received information from concerned community members about the suspicious pair selling illicit substances to members of the community. Officers immediately acted on the information received and proceeded to the identified spot on the corner of Malandela and Ndabezitha Street. At the first stop, the Officers cornered the 42-year-old suspect with seven (7) brownish tablets suspected to be drugs, with an estimated street value of five hundred and fifty rands (R550) and thirty rands (R30) in cash.
Thereafter, on Ntsako Street Extension 6, Officers intercepted a 39-year-old suspect with eleven (11) ziplock packets with Crystal Meth, with an estimated street value of five hundred and fifty Rands (R550) and sixty Rand (R60) in cash. The handcuffed twosome was marched to Tsakane police station while the confiscated illicit substance was booked at the same police station.
The pair facing charges of possession and possible dealing in illicit substance are expected to appear in the Tsakane Magistrate Court soon.
Two drug syndicates nabbed while narcotics seized in the Tsakane https://t.co/1z9Eda2j2g#ArriveAlive #DrugSyndicates @City_Ekurhuleni pic.twitter.com/X2kDI05wrl
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) July 25, 2024
