| Wentworth Drug Dealer arrested | |
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| Date Published: | 2014/03/11 |
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Media Statement from KwaZulu Natal
Media Centre 11 March 2014 On Tuesday, 11 March 2014, members from Chatsworth Cluster Crime Intelligence and Cavendish Mobile Team arrested a 39-year-old suspect for dealing in drugs and possession of an unlicensed firearm in Wentworth. Members from Chatsworth Cluster Crime Intelligence were following information of a drug dealer who is operating in the Wentworth area. The members spotted the suspect on the road and monitored his movements which lead them to his home. Cavendish Mobile Team was called in for back up and the members entered the house. The premises were searched and in a computer tower box, 1336 mandrax tablets and 417 straws of heroin (whoonga) were found. Members also seized a .38 special revolver from the suspect. The suspect was arrested and charged with dealing in narcotics and unlawful possession of an unlicensed firearm. He will appear in the Durban Magistrates' Court soon. The firearm will be sent to ballistics to ascertain whether it was used in the commission of any other crime in the country. The KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant Mmamonnye Ngobeni commended the members for the arrest and seizure of drugs and firearm. "These operations will assist in rooting out the drug-trade and cleaning out the criminals who do not care about the future of our youth. The seizure of firearm prevented proliferation of illegal firearm and saved a life that could have been lost in the hands of this firearm," she said. -End- Media Enquiries: Captain
Thulani Zwane
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