More than R91k worth of ecstasy and cocaine recovered from Durban flat

DRUGS worth an estimated value of R91 500 were recovered when SAPS raided a Victoria Embankment flat on Thursday, 29 April.

SAPS spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele said police officers from the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit arrested two drug dealers during the operation.

“The police officers received information that two men were packing drugs at their flat on the Victoria Embankment. Police proceeded to the identified flat and caught the suspects red-handed packing drugs,” said Mbele. 

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“A search was conducted in the flat and a total of 814 ecstasy tablets, 20 plastic wrappings of cocaine powder and three clear plastic packets of cocaine powder, weighing 88,48 grams, were recovered. The suspects, aged 35 and 46, were arrested and detained at the Point police station for possession of drugs. The police will also investigate if the two men are in the country legally,” she added.

The suspects appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court today for possession of drugs.

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In a separate incident, a 28-year-old man was arrested at Maud Lane in Durban for possession of heroin.

“The police officers spotted the suspect after his behaviour raised their suspicions and requested to search him. On searching him, police officers found him in possession of heroin. He was arrested and charged for possession of drugs. He was detained at the Durban central police station,” said Mbele.

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