CAPE TOWN – Police have taken more drugs and guns off the streets this week.
Along the West Coast, officers acted on a tip-off and arrested three suspected drug dealers on the R27.
They were caught in possession of 4,000 mandrax tablets.
“They arrested and detained a male aged 38 and two females aged 24 and 26 on the charge of dealing in drugs,” the Police’s Joseph Swartbooi said.
#sapsWC West Coast police members arrested three suspects on Tuesday, 13/12 on the R27 highway in the vicinity of Langebaan. They confiscated a total of 4000 mandrax tablets and cash. #DrugsOffTheStreets NPhttps://t.co/nNqoaSosmO pic.twitter.com/YUXbYnCFmU
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Swartbooi also gave details of three firearms-related arrests in Manenberg.
“When the patrol vehicle approached their vehicle one of them dropped an object nearby. The police then made them stop and searched them and confiscated the Remington 7.2 pistol with ammunition.”
#sapsWC Members of the #AntiGangUnit arrested three suspect for the possession of an unlicenced firearm and ammunition on Monday, 12/12. The members are deployed in Manenberg policing precinct to quell ongoing gang violence. #GunsOffTheStreets NP https://t.co/nNqoaSosmO pic.twitter.com/45WN7dw0zU
‘ SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) December 15, 2022