26-year old man was caught with drugs in his possession in the east of Pretoria on Tuesday.
Brooklyn police spokesperson Captain Colette Weilbach said the arrest was made at the Brooklyn Mall around 10:30.
“The police were patrolling inside the mall when they saw a man who looked nervous,” she said.
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“Police officers are often counting on their sixth sense when combating crime. They decided to stop the man and searched him.”
Weilbach said officers found a ring (single packaging used for drugs) containing the drug nyaope inside his trouser pocket.
“They searched his bag and found 249 rings containing nyaope.”
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The man was arrested on the spot and would appear in the Hatfield Community Court on drug-related charges.
“Nyaope is illegal and contains heroin, which is listed in the Drug and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No 140 of 1992),” Weilbach said.
“This law prohibits the use, possession, production and commercialisation of an undesirable, dependence-producing substance.”
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