By REGINALD KANYANE
Five suspects were arrested in connection with drug-related crimes during Project Nights and Nathi in Jan Kempdorp, Warrenton, Hartswater and Schweizer Reneke respectively.
The suspects were arrested by a team led by the Northern Cape Provincial Organised Crime Investigations Unit in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, 11 June 2024.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Colonel Cherelle Ehlers said the project team consisting of Provincial Organised Crime Investigation, Hartswater Crime Intelligence, Kimberley Serious and Violent Crime, Kimberley and Vryburg Public Order Police, Kimberley and Hartswater K9 units, Frances Baard District Detective Unit and Jan Kempdorp Department of Home Affairs, executed the arrests.
“During the take down operation of Project Nathi in Warrenton, two suspects aged 34 and 36, were arrested on charges of dealing in drugs. Project Nights was executed in Schweizer Reneke, where three suspects were identified.
“Two suspects aged 38 and 41, were arrested. A third suspect aged 4, was already in custody as he is allegedly an undocumented foreign national,” she said.
Ehlers said the suspects’ premises were searched in Schweizer-Reneke, where Tik and Mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R31 641 were recovered. She further said the police also searched a vehicle of another identified suspect and recovered Tik, Mandrax tablets and dagga with an estimated street value of R21 691.
“The suspect (39) was subsequently arrested. The vehicle valued at approximately R80 000 was confiscated.
“A significant amount of cash, believed to be the proceeds of crime was seized. The suspects are expected to appear in court soon on charges of dealing in drugs,” added Ehlers.
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