Three suspects were arrested for dealing in drugs on Thursday, February 20.
The arrests were made on Amber Road in Bedfordview and followed a joint effort from the Bedfordview SAPS, Metro Police, SSG Security and the Department of Home Affairs.
According to the Bedfordview SAPS communications officer, Sergeant Mduduzi Nhlabathi, an on-duty police official was alerted to dagga dealing near the Elandsfontein taxi rank.
“The officer went to the scene, searched and identified a hawker who had a dagga-filled black plastic bag under the table at her stand. The officer arrested the hawker at the scene. This lead to a search operation and other police officials attended the scene, conducted a search and arrested another two suspects in the taxi rank area for dealing in dagga,” said Sgt Nhlabathi.
“An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law”
― Martin Luther King Jr.