Drug trafficker arrested after 7 years on the run

South African Police Service

Drug trafficker arrested after 7 years on the run
Drug trafficker arrested after 7 years on the run

An alleged drug trafficker who has been on the run since 2015 was traced and arrested on 12 October 2022.

The suspect was arrested by the George Serious Organised Crime Investigation team at a property in Lower Main Road, Observatory near Cape Town.

The 42-year-old Renaldo Francois Theron along with other drug dealers allegedly involved in dealing in drugs, specifically cannabis, were under the Hawks radar.

The other drug dealers were consequently arrested for the same offences. However Theron avoided arrest for alleged possession of drugs worth R243 000-00.

Subsequent to his arrest, he appeared in the George Magistrate’s Court on 13 October 2022 for a charge of possession of drugs and matter was postponed to 18 October 2022 for a formal bail application.

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SOURCESouth African Police Service