Acting on information provided by concerned members of the public about a drug dealer pretending to be a vendor (selling sweets and cigarettes), members of the EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit visited Solheim on Thursday.
They found a well-known 30-year-old hawker operating in an open veld near Main Road at 1.55pm, and arrested him after dagga was allegedly found in his possession.
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“He had 11 ziplock bags of dagga, valued at R220, and R18 in cash in his possession,” said Kobeli Mokheseng, spokesperson for the EMPD.
“He was handcuffed and detained at the Primrose Police Station on charges of possession of and dealing in dagga.”
The man is expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court soon.
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