A 47-year-old man appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Friday on charges of possession of drugs.
According to police, officers from the eThekwini Inner South Cluster Task Team were alerted to drug activities happening in Bellair.
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They set up an operation in the area and apporached a man and searched him.
Police found a packet of cocaine powder with an estimated street value of about R90 000 in his jacket. The man was immediately arrested.
Officers then proceeded to Shallcross where they raided a suspected drug den in a building on Table Mountain Road. Drugs with an estimated street value of R20 000 were seized. They included heroin capsules, rock cocaine and mandrax tablets. However no occupants were found on the premises. Police will continue to monitor the area so that the drug dealer can be arrested.
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Jula applauded police officers for continuing to combat the drug trade in the province.
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“This relentless crusade to dismantle drug operations in the province will continue despite the demands placed on police in other areas of policing. We wish to thank members of the community that contact us on a daily basis and provide us with precise information with regards to drug dealers operating in their neighbourhoods,” he said.
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