THE Garden Route District Rural Flying Squad members confiscated drugs with an estimated street value of R24 000 on the N12 near Oudtshoorn and arrested a 45 year old man in connection with the find.
On Friday, 28 July 2023, the members were strategically deployed along the N12 between George and Oudtshoorn where they set up a vehicle checkpoint.
At about 17:50 the team pulled over a Toyota Avanza for a routine check which was en route to Oudtshoorn.
A search of the vehicle ensued during which the police members found a stash of 400 mandrax tablets in a sports bag belonging to one of the occupants of the vehicle.
The police arrested the man on a charge of dealing in drugs.
The suspect remains in custody.
He made his first appearance in the Oudtshoorn Magistrates’ court on Monday, 31 July 2023 on a charge of dealing in drugs.
Man arrested with R24 000 mandrax
R24 000 worth of Mandrax tablets.
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