Sting operation nets two people with almost 700 mandrax tablets
One of the two people was a woman from Port Shepstone.
Police officers from the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit conducted a sting operation in Murchison, Port Shepstone on Wednesday, September 28.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala said the operation was executed on an identified target suspected of dealing in drugs.
The 29-year-old woman was found in possession of 18 packets of crystal meth and 80 mandrax tablets. The recovered drugs are valued at R8400.
Further investigation led the team to Nkanyezini, a suburb of Pietermaritzburg, where a 35-year-old man was found in possession of 591 mandrax tablets.
The drugs are valued at R35 460.
Both are expected to appear before the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court today (Thursday, September 29) for possession of and dealing in drugs.
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