WESTERN CAPE – Endeavours to safeguard communities and rid the streets of the Western Cape of drugs yielded positive results when police confiscated more than R1 million worth of drugs in Beaufort West on Friday, 04 March 2022 during “Vuthu Hawe” operations.
Central Karoo K9 members conducted a vehicle check point in the central business district of the Central Karoo town when they stopped a truck.
A search ensued when a trained narcotic police dog, Bruno, reacted positively on a box inside the vehicle.
The members opened the box and found 10 bags with 10 000 mandrax tablets, with an estimated street value of R500 000-00, inside.
This discovery led to an intensive search of the vehicle and a further ten boxes of Khat estimated at R570 000-00 were discovered on board.
Police confiscated the drugs and arrested two occupants of the vehicle on charges of dealing in drugs. The suspects, aged 24 and 37 are expected to appear in the Beaufort West Magistrates’ court on Monday, 07 March 2022.
Investigators attached to the Western Cape Provincial Detectives Narcotics Section are probing this matter. Preliminary investigation indicates that the truck was enroute to Cape Town for delivery at the time of the find.
Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile, the Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, praised the K9 members for their dedication and commitment to eradicate drug trafficking into the province.
Lt Gen Patekile said: “our strategic deployment of specialised units along entry and exit routes of the Western Cape are yielding excellent results. More resources are directed to the rural areas in bolstering our crime fighting efforts.
Our fleet were also enhanced with the deployment of more high performance vehicles on our highways”. These efforts would be maintained as the police strive to rid communities of drugs, he concluded.
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