Suspect in court for R800 000 drug bust

Yesterday at 18:00, police officers from the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit acted on the information about a suspect that was packaging drugs from a flat on Dr. Pixley Ka Seme Street in Durban.

The team proceeded to the identified flat and a sting operation was successfully executed.

The operation resulted in the arrest of the 36-year-old man who was found in possession of two x 1kg packages of crystal meth, twelve large packages of crystal meth (weighing 1110grams), cocaine powder (weighing 51 grams), 93 ziplock packets of crystal meth (weighing 247,9 grams), 27 ziplock packets of cocaine powder (weighing 16,1 grams), 1616 ecstasy tablets, 100 glass pipes and 2 x 5-liter containers containing an undetermined liquid.

The recovered drugs are valued at R800 000-00. The suspect was detained for contravention of the drugs and drug trafficking Act as well as the dealing and possession of drugs.

He is appearing before the Durban Magistrates Court this morning.