An intelligence driven operation was conducted on 24 November 2021, just after midnight by Mountain Rise SAPS and the Pietermaritzburg K9 Unit.
Police were following up on information about a man that was selling medicines in the Mountain Rise policing area.
The team pounced on the unsuspecting man at Bombay Road in Northdale.
The 25-year-old man was found in possession of a seven Broncleer medicine bottles, 146 Phoenorant Broncleer medicine bottles and loose dagga. The suspect was placed under arrest.
Cash amounting to R20,430-00 was also seized from the suspect.
The suspect is appearing in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court for contravening the Medicine Control Act.