ET Rapid Response officers assisted Hawks members from the Durban serious organised crime unit, crime intelligence, Metro Police and other law enforcement agencies to arrested a 38-year-old man for possession and dealing in drugs in Toti on Tuesday, 28 April.
The joint team conducted the operation after information was received about the suspect dealing in magic mushrooms. Police swooped in the suspect’s premises and a search was conducted. During the search members discovered a complex clandestine laboratory and numerous species in different forms and state of grow were also discovered on the premises.
The estimated street value of the drugs is at least R448 000. The team also seized cash suspected to be proceeds of crime. The suspect was arrested and is expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 29 April.
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Two suspects were apprehended for the theft of a motor vehicle in the early hours of Friday morning, 24 April. “This comes after weeks of long night shift work by our tactical response teams (TRT), CCPO, SAPS and other crime fighters to catch this gang, who have been stealing cars all over Durban,” said managing member Tony Lokker.
At about 4am, a call was received from a CCPO client to say he could see three men inside his vehicle. “Our TRT and the SAPS Crime Prevention arrived at the complex with them still inside. They fled into bush next to the premises. We gave chase and managed to catch two.”
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