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Foreign Nationals Nabbed for Drug Dealing

WESTERN CAPE – Efforts by the Western Cape police to stop the illegal distribution of drugs in our communities turned out to be successful when members arrested two foreign nationals for dealing in drugs in Robertson.

On Wednesday 02 October 2024 at around 16:20 members received information about a suspicious VW Polo driving on the R60 in the direction of Robertson. Members quickly responded to the area and found the identified vehicle on the R60 near the police station. The vehicle was stopped and searched and during the search seven bags of compressed dagga with an estimated street value of R140 000 were found and confiscated. Two foreign national males aged 29 and 31 were arrested on charges of dealing in drugs and contravention of the Immigration Act.

Both suspects will appear in the Robertson Magistrates’ Court once charged.

In an unrelated matter, members attached to Atlantis Crime Prevention Unit received information on Wednesday, 02 October 2024 at 22:50 about three suspicious males who got off at a petrol station on the N7 in the afternoon with large bags. The shoppers alerted police about the males who acted so nervously and the members acted swiftly. The members found 90kg of dagga hidden where the trucks park. On further investigation it was found that the dagga was transported from Namibia.

The three Namibian nationals aged 40,41 and 43 were arrested for the possession of dagga and detained at Philadelphia SAPS. They are due to appear in the Atlantis Magistrates court once charged.

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