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Head of Crime Line and activist for Lead SA Yusuf Abramjee at the relaunch of Drug Watch in Alexandra on 26 June 2015. Picture: Twitter @AlastairTS.

Drug watch initiative

Drug Watch partner with cops to clamp down on drug abuse

By Eyewitness News

Drug Watch was relaunched in Alexandra where cops announced plans to combat drug use.

  • Three suspects have been arrested for dealing in illegal substances and money laundering. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN

    3 arrested for drug possession

    Three suspects have been arrested for dealing in illegal substances and money laundering.

    3243 days ago
  • FILE: Methaquelone powder found at a house in Douglasdale, Johannesburg. Picture: Christa van der Walt/EWN

    JHB drug manufacturer nabbed

    Police arrested a 25-year-old man in possession of R300,000 worth of narcotics.

    3244 days ago
  • Gauteng authorities are progressing in the war on drug with 8000 arrests and 300 kilograms of drugs seized in under three weeks. Picture:EWN

    Narcotics net nabs 8000

    Significant progress has been made in the war on drugs since the launch of Drug Watch.

    3266 days ago
  • Gauteng police's Neville Malila says authorities have arrested almost 5000 suspects for drug related crimes in under three weeks. Picture:EWN

    5000 arrested in fight against drugs

    Gauteng authorities are progressing in the war on drugs.

    3271 days ago
  • The police also seized a large amount of drugs including marijuana, mandrax and nyaope. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN

    Police make early strides in Drug Watch fight

    The police have received information of drug dealing through Crime Line and Crime Stop.

    3281 days ago
  • Police raid a house in Westbury, Johannesburg, on 26 June looking for drugs. Picture: Michelle Lubbe/EWN

    900 arrests in fight against drugs

    Mzwandile Petros says Crime Line has become one of the police's strongest weapons.

    3286 days ago
  • Police search a man's shoe for drugs, during a police operation in Westbury, Johannesburg, on 26 June 2013. Picture: Michelle Lubbe/EWN.

    Drug Watch launched in Gauteng

    Lead SA & Crime Line in partnership with the police launch intitiative to stamp out drugs.

    3286 days ago
  • Mzwandile Petros says the bust is a direct result of tip offs from the community in Westbury.

    Petros worried about youths & drugs

    The Gauteng Police Commissioner attended a drug raid in Westbury on Wednesday morning.

    3286 days ago
  • Marijuana, also known as dagga. Picture: JP du Plessis/Eyewitness News

    Woman caught with bags of dagga

    The woman is being kept in police custody after officials confiscated R10,000 worth of dagga.

    3363 days ago
  • A Lavender Hill mother addicted to tik. Picture: Giovanna Gerbi/EWN

    Woman turns to tik to lose weight

    A woman, who was trying to lose weight, ended up being hooked on tik.

    3475 days ago
  • Ellen Pakkies was acquitted of her son's murder after his tik addiction pushed her over the edge. Picture: Giovanna Gerbi/EWN

    'Tik addiction destroying homes'

    A mother acquitted for strangling her addict son is challenged again as her younger son follows suit.

    3482 days ago
  • Crystal Meth, also known as Tik. Picture: theaac.co.za

    Former drug abusers speak out

    Recovering drug users speak about their experience and what it took to get cleaned up.

    3488 days ago
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