{"id":32226,"date":"2021-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=7d75ea7027f8f8adc165353fd8e07919"},"modified":"2021-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T00:00:00","slug":"free-state-man-nabbed-on-n3-for-drugs-worth-r3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/free-state-man-nabbed-on-n3-for-drugs-worth-r3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Free State man nabbed on N3 for drugs worth R3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
A man suspected to be dealing in drugs was arrested on the N3 freeway during a crime prevention roadblock on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Members of the Welkom and Bethlehem K9 Unit stopped a White Polo Vivo near Harrismith, travelling from Johannesburg towards Durban.<\/p>\n
According to police, upon searching the vehicle, two large bags containing 60 000 empty capsule containers were found. A further search led to the discovery of eight 1kg plastic bags containing heroine with an estimated street value of R3 000 000.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old suspect was arrested and is expected to appear before the Harrismith Magistrate\u2019s court soon to face charges of drug dealing.<\/p>\n
The case will be investigated further by the Hawks.<\/p>\n
Free State Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Baile, has commended the police officers on their meticulous work.<\/p>\n
“These operations have been successful in curbing crimes such as peddling various types of drugs. My appreciation goes to members for their dedicated efforts,” Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man suspected to be dealing in drugs was arrested on the N3 freeway during a crime prevention roadblock on Thursday.Members of the Welkom and Bethlehem K9 Unit stopped a White Polo Vivo near Harrismith, travelling from Johannesburg towards Durban.Acc…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n