On May 21 between 10am and 8pm, five male suspects found with narcotics were nabbed for reckless driving and a reported stolen sedan was recovered in the southern region of Ekurhuleni.
The arrest took place in Katlehong, Alrode and Palmridge areas. Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department SWAT, STT and DEU members made the arrest.
In the Katlehong area at 10am, the SWAT Team (Intervention Unit) arrested an undocumented Mozambican national driving a black VW Polo hatch back.
The suspect, in his 30s, was arrested for reckless and negligent driving and for resisting an arrest after he failed to stop when instructed to do so. He crashed into a wall fencing a house on Senoni Street in Palima section where he was arrested.
The five-door VW Polo with Lesotho registration plates is suspected to have been robbed and Katlehong SAPS, where the suspect is detained, is investigating further.
Patrolling Drug Enforcement Unit Members arrested four suspects between the ages of 23 and 27 at 5.30pm in Palmridge Extension Five on Mhlanga Street.
The arrest follows body searches where 36 pokes and one ziplock of dagga, 10 full, one half and three quarters of Mandrax tablets, eight knotted plastics of nyaope valued at R3 000 and R1 772,20 were confiscated.
The suspects were escorted to Eden Park police station and charged with possession and dealing in illicit substances.
The Specialised Task Team recovered a reported stolen silver Datsun GO abandoned in Old Vereeniging road in the Alrode area at 7.30pm.
It is believed that at 7.15pm, a certain house in Meyerton was robbed and the sedan was used as a getaway vehicle.
SAPS fingerprint section was summoned and the Datsun GO was impounded to Van Ryn’s Deep in Benoni for safekeeping.
All five suspects are expected to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court soon.
