2 suspected drug peddlers arrested in separate incidents in Cape Town
The two suspects are expected to make separate court appearances in the Athlone and Khayelitsha magistrates courts once charged.
Handcuffs. Picture: SAPS/Twitter
CAPE TOWN - Manenberg police have arrested two suspected drug peddlers.
Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg said that officers were deployed to Jenny Schneider Street on Wednesday.
"They confiscated 1,026 mandrax tablets which were found in the house. A 26-year-old man was arrested for the possession of drugs."
Twigg added that later that same day, police members in Khayelitsha busted a 33-year-old man on drug possession charges.
"The members conducted a search of the premises during which they found one medium size plastic packet containing crystal meth, nine mandrax tablets, 13 half mandrax tablets and eight quarter mandrax tablets in the house."
The two suspects are expected to make separate court appearances in the Athlone and Khayelitsha magistrates courts once charged.
#sapsWC 2 Suspects, aged 26 and 33, arrested in separate incidents on 26/03 by #SAPS POP Unit members in Manenberg and Makhaza, Khayelitsha, for possession of drugs. #DrugsOffTheStreets #PoliceVisibility #SaferCommunities MEhttps://t.co/b9Ff2fM5C3 pic.twitter.com/sn8R7nNIG3
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