The use of drugs and the distribution thereof are part of the contributing factors to domestic violence and serious and violent crimes in our communities. Members of Operation Restore reacted on information they received from the community and searched a premises in Marcus Gavi, Philippi East on Thursday evening 2022-10-20[…]
LOCAL Crystal meth with a street value of 236 million rand has been intercepted by SARS customs officers at OR Tambo International Airport, in Ekurhuleni on Gauteng’s east rand. The palleted cargo – weighing 785 kilogrammes – was destined for Australia. The Hawks were called for the detection and seizure[…]
Against the backdrop of Human Rights Day, irate residents in Bo-Kaap took to the streets today in protest of drugs and criminality hounding the community. Chairperson of the Bo-Kaap Neighborhood Watch, Ebrahim Christians says residents have a right to safety and security, but it is being stripped from them by[…]
LOCAL In a joint operation Monday morning, between Overberg Flying Squad and the Grabouw Crime Prevention Unit, a known drug outlet was searched after information was received from a reliable source. 226 tik straws and five sachets tik were seized at the given address: Van Wyk Street, Snakepark, Grabouw. A[…]
A 53-year-old suspect caught with over R2 million worth of drugs is expected in a Laingsburg court today. According to police, officers searched a suspicious truck travelling towards Cape Town around 11pm last night. Over 60 kgs of dagga and 39 000 mandrax tablets wrapped in plastic bags were uncovered[…]
COMMUNITY The Western Cape police seized drugs worth R1.4 million in two operations on Sunday, August, 8 while four people have been arrested since. According to News24, police spokesperson Sergeant Christopher Spies said that “Provincial Organised Crime Detectives (narcotics section) and members attached to the Rural Flying Squad deployed to eradicate[…]
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been provisionally suspended for doping just hours before the former World Championships silver medallist was due to run in Saturday’s semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres at the Olympics. Okagbare tested positive for human growth hormone in an out-of-competition test on July 19, four days[…]
A group of state attorneys general in the United States has unveiled a landmark $26bn settlement with major US drug companies accused of fuelling a deadly nationwide opioid epidemic, but some states were cool on the agreement. Under the settlement proposal released on Wednesday, the three largest US drug distributors[…]
Three suspects have been arrested for cultivating dagga in the Western Cape. Provincial police spokesperson Capt Frederick van Wyk said two suspects were arrested in Strand and another one in Somerset west on Wednesday. They appeared in court on charges of dealing in and cultivation of dagga on Friday. Van[…]
Cape Town police uncovered a R3m drug haul destined for Johannesburg on Sunday evening. Western Cape police spokesperson Brig Novela Potelwa said members of the provincial integrated team and Rapid Rail police unit followed up on information about the massive drug exchange on Saturday evening. She said the team observed[…]
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