Police in Cape Town have arrested three people for being in possession and dealing in drugs, Western Cape police said on Saturday.
Police attended to a complaint at Hangberg near the Hout Bay harbour at 3.30pm on Friday, Constable Noloyiso Rwexana said.
“Upon arrival they found drugs hidden in a plastic bag inside a bin in the kitchen; four bank bags containing 194 tik [crystal methamphetamine] packets and a big bag containing 100 Mandrax tablets valued at a substantial amount.”
The owner of the house, a 45-year-old man, was arrested for possession of drugs. He would appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
In a separate incident on Friday night, two people were arrested for dealing in drugs valued at R900,000, Rwexana said.
Following an investigation into alleged illegal drug activity at a residence in Mandalay in Cape Town, a search warrant was obtained and executed by officers of the Gugulethu stabilisation unit at about 8.20pm.
“The members entered the premises in Wessel Street and noticed a male throwing a bag into a dog kennel. After removing the bag the members found plastic bags containing Mandrax tablets therein.
“Upon searching the entire premises the members recovered numerous bags containing thousands of Mandrax tablets in the boot of a BMW that was parked in the garage. The Mandrax tablets [are] estimated at R900,000 street value.”
Two people, a man and a woman, both aged 21, were arrested and would appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of dealing in drugs, Rwexana said.
The Western Cape police management commended the officers involved for a job well done.
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