FREE STATE. – A 33-year-old man was taken into custody on Saturday evening in Bloemfontein after he was found in possession of a powder-like substance suspected to be ephedrine.
Captain Loraine Earle, police spokesperson, says officers from the Bloemfontein rapid response unit were on routine patrol around 20:30 on Monument Road, Orangeside, when they noticed a man acting suspiciously. They approached him and searched him and found a black plastic bag containing the powder-like substance.
The Bloemfontein K9 unit's drug detection unit was called to help identify the substance. A drug detection dog tested positive for the substance. The suspected ephedrine powder has an estimated street value of R21 000 according to police.
The suspect was taken into custody at the Parkway police station and is being held pending further investigation. A case of drug possession has been registered and the substance has been confiscated as evidence.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
