On May 6, Benoni Flying Squad (BFS) officers arrested two suspects in separate drug busts.
“In the first incident, which occurred at around 10.30am, officers were conducting a vehicle checkpoint on the R555 near N12 highway on-ramp,” said BFS spokesperson WO Grant Giblin.
“A white Honda Ballade was stopped. Upon searching the vehicle a large quantity of loose dagga weighing in excess of 5.5kg was found in a black bag inside the boot.
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“The driver was arrested and the dagga confiscated.”
At around 1.30pm, the same officers were patrolling Kempton Park and noticed a suspicious person on the corner of Commissioner and Pienaar streets.
“Inside a handbag, a large quantity of Cat (methcathinone) was discovered in plastic bags,” Giblin said.
It is alleged the suspect was selling the drugs from the scene.
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The suspect was arrested and the drugs, with an estimated street value of R50 000, confiscated.
The suspects, aged 23 and 41 years, will be appearing in local magistrate’s courts on charges of dealing in drugs.
