WESTERN CAPE. – A 43-year-old suspect was arrested in Mossel Bay on 3 September after Mandrax tablets valued at R200 000 were found in his possession.
According to Lt Col Siyabulela Vukubi, spokesperson for the South African Police Service, the suspect was arrested for drug dealing by the Hawks' George-based serious organised crime investigation team, in collaboration with the Outeniqua dog unit.
According to a statement by the SAPS, information was received about drugs being sold at a house in Dagamaskop. A person of interest was identified and a suspected package was found in his possession. During a search operation on 4 000 Mandrax tablets were seized.
The suspect will appear in the Mossel Bay magistrate's court on Monday 7 September.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
