Westville accused drug house owner granted bail
Three of the five men accused of running a drug syndicate have been granted bail.
GARETH Brissett (40), the owner of the Westville house where police allegedly found precursor chemicals used to manufacture drugs, was granted bail of R500 000 on Monday.
His co-accused, John Maphumulo (32) and Sakhile Dlamini (28), were also granted bail of R50 000 each in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Greg Ayres (45) and Valari Nikolov (41) were arrested on Tuesday, 4 November for being in possession of ecstasy tablets.
Just days later, police raided a Westville home in Konigkramer Avenue and arrested the homeowner, Brissett and two other men, Dlamini and Maphumulo for possession of precursor chemicals used to manufacture drugs.
On 10 November follow-up investigations were conducted and the SAPS team uncovered a micro warehouse being used for what appears to be a clandestine drug laboratory with multiple machines, drums of precursor chemicals, drugs and an undisclosed amount of cash.
Ayres and Nikolov will appear in the Middleburg Magistrate’s Court later this month.
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