Police say the audacity of a drug dealer to park his vehicle filled with drugs in front of a cop shop yesterday morning has cost him his freedom.
Members of the Anti-Gang Unit were transporting a prisoner to Muizenberg court when they noticed a suspicious vehicle parked in front of the Muizenberg SAPS.
Officers recognised the driver of the vehicle, who is known to have links with a local gang in the area, says police spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrè Traut.
“With him in the vehicle was a female passenger, who was making an appearance on a drug-dealing charge at Muizenberg court.
“The driver, on noting the police, attempted to evade the SAPS members by reversing down the street. The members forced the vehicle to stop and proceeded with a search of the car.”
Traut says in the rear of the vehicle, cops discovered a plastic bag containing 104 mandrax tablets, five large sticks of compressed dagga and three packets of tik.
“Sealed inside a 1kg packet of sugar and 1kg packet of maize meal, they found two cellular telephones wrapped in plastic.
“Two packets of tobacco were also found containing three cellular sim cards.”
A large amount of cash, earphones and cellphone cables were also recovered.
SAPS believe these items were meant to be smuggled into a local prison.
Both suspects, a 48-year-old man and 23-year-old woman who live in Hillview, were arrested on charges of dealing in narcotics and detained at Muizenberg SAPS.