GAUTENG. – Joshua Belden Swarts (41), a prisoner at Boksburg prison, appeared in the Brakpan magistrate's court after he was allegedly caught with methamphetamine with an estimated street value of R12 000 and two mobile phones in his possession.
Lt Col Tebogo Thebe, Hawks spokesperson, says investigators acted on information received as part of Project Ditto. Two mobile phones were found under Swarts' pillow, while the methamphetamine was discovered in his locker. A week earlier he was also caught with a mobile phone during an internal search by the Department of Correctional Services, bringing the total to three. An additional charge of possession of a stolen vehicle was added to the docket after a vehicle reported as stolen was found in his possession during the Project Ditto operation before he was taken into custody.
The case was postponed to 26 January 2027 for further investigation.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
