Cape Town – Western Cape police officers have arrested suspects found with drugs, a forbidden firearm and ammunition.
According to a police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi, officers attached to Operation Restore deployed to combat crime responded to information received and raided a property in Vlei informal settlement, Athlone, on Thursday.
“The members searched the entire premises and found a consignment of drugs which includes heroine and methamphetamine with an estimated street value of R300 000,” he said.
“They arrested and detained a man aged 28 and a woman aged 23 on a charge of dealing in drugs.”
In an unrelated matter, Rawsonville police responded to a complaint about undocumented people on a nearby farm on Thursday at around 4am.
Swartbooi said that they searched the premises and found an unknown man in possession of a .38 revolver.
“The 31-year-old man was arrested and detained on a charge of possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition,” Swartbooi added.
Swartbooi said the suspects were expected to appear in the Athlone and Worcester magistrate’s courts.
IOL