A 21-year-old police constable from Greytown in the Umzinyathi District has been arrested and charged for defeating the ends of justice and for dealing in drugs.
Constable Clifford Nolan Naicker was arrested at the station following the arrest of a 43-year-old man found in possession of drugs valued at R 20 000. The man was arrested following an operation conducted by the police officers from the Provincial Organised Crime.
He was found with 42 bags containing cocaine powder, two large moons of rock cocaine, four glass bottles with cocaine residue and a scale. A variety of foreign currency were found inside the house as well as cash suspected to be the proceeds of drugs.
Both men appeared before the Greytown Magistrates Court on 16 April 2021. They were remanded in custody until 23 April 2021.
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