Quick thinking police officers attached to Cape Town Cluster Task Team have proven on numerous occasions that they don’t back down for a criminal.
In an intelligence driven undercover operation executed in Woodstock today, a man and a woman aged 23 and 25 respectively, were arrested for selling illegal mushroom plants to officers posing as ‘buyers’.
At about 14:10, the suspects stopped with their vehicle next to the officers and asked them to get in the car which they did and the car drove off. More undercover officers followed the car at a distance. In order to avoid a car chase through Woodstock’s busy streets, the officers in the car managed to conclude the deal before the car could drive far and the officers got out again.
The rest of the undercover officers were placed all along the route the suspects could drive managed apprehend the suspects in Station Road, Woodstock where the take down took place.
An amount of R5000 was paid by the undercover officers for the mushroom plants which were recovered from the suspects.
These dried out mushrooms contains an illegal substance which causes hallucinations when eaten.
Both suspects are expected to appear before the Cape Town Magistrates Court on charges of dealing in drugs.
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