Members of the EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) swooped on a workshop and arrested two men allegedly in possession of elephant tusk, dagga, rhino horn and a piece of elephant skin, last Saturday.
Acting on information from a credible crime-fighting cluster about a drug dealer masquerading as a carpenter, they raided the building on Filbert Road in Primrose at 1pm.
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“The DEU squad, hoping to find drugs on the premises, got more than they bargained for, after 800 grams of dagga to the street value of R2 000, a rhino horn, an A4-size piece of elephant skin and an elephant tusk cut in half were discovered,” said Kobeli Mokheseng, acting spokesperson for the EMPD.
The 24-year-old and 53-year-old suspects will face charges of possession of dagga and possession of wild animal body parts without permits.
They were detained at the Primrose Police Station and are expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court soon.
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