An ouma from Parkwood will appear in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court on drug dealing charges this morning after cops allegedly caught her hiding tik in her bra.
Grassy Park Police station commander, Colonel Dawood Laing, says the 63-year-old woman, who is known for smokkeling with her son, was nabbed on Friday morning when cops raided her home in Kiewiet Road shortly after 9am.
“Officers followed up on information and the ouma refused to open the door. We broke open the gate and while searching the house, we found 19 packets of tik that she hid in vuil wasgoed, and we arrested her.”
Laing says while profiling the ouma at the station, officers got a skrik when they found six more packets of tik hidden in her breasts.
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“She likes to skel and was going on with the officers, but when they searched her, the tik came falling out of her tette and she had nothing to say,” he says.
“We have known about her for a long time and she always has the tik hidden in her overall or in her panties.
“We suspect when she didn’t want to open the gate, she was busy hiding the drugs.
“She was charged with drug dealing and will appear in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court (today).
“This goes to show how the parents are involved with smokkeling and we will not hesitate to arrest parents like these.”
Earlier in the day, wakker cops also arrested a 17-year-old skollie who had hid a Smith & Wesson revolver in his underpants.
Laing says while conducting patrols in Duiker Avenue, officers spotted the teen.
“They chased after him and found the gun in his groin.
“You can see me holding it with a packet to avoid getting my own DNA on the weapon, not because it was in his underpants.
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“There was no ammunition in the firearm but that is an old revolver used by the police and dates back to the period between the 1960s and 1970s.
“He is a member of the Dog Pound gang.”
Laing says while criminals find inventive ways of hiding their crimes, Grassy Park cops are wys of all their tricks.