Florida Police nipped drug possession and dealing in the bud with the arrests of four suspects during special operations conducted from 4 to 7 October.
The suspects were arrested in separate incidents over the course of the operation. A 36-year-old male was stopped on Highway Street for being in possession of cannibis. Police stopped and searched the driver of a silver Polo in a separate incident on Hull Street and found one Zip-lock plastic bag with a white powder suspected of being methcathonine.
Captain Lydia Mtila-Dikolomela added that all suspects have been detained.
“In the third incident, a 24-year-old foreign national was searched on the corner of Fifth and Maud streets for suspicious behaviour. The police conducted a search at his apartment and drugs believed to be crystalmeth were found in his room.”
Information from the community led police to a shack in Jerusalem Squatter Camp where they conducted a search. Cannabis and an undisclosed amount of money were discovered and the owner was immediately arrested for dealing. All the suspects are expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court soon.
