ANA reports that a 29-year-old female paramedic, arrested after cocaine was found in an ambulance she was driving, was due to appear in the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.  

A police spokesperson said investigators received information about a paramedic in possession of drugs.  The suspect was stopped along the R510 driving an ambulance towards Rustenburg on Friday.  ”Members of the Rustenburg cluster intercepted a marked emergency response vehicle driven by the suspect near Shingwezi entrance.  The vehicle was searched and three zip lock bags containing rock cocaine with [an] estimated street value of R650,000 was found in her possession.  The suspect was arrested and charged,” the police spokesperson indicated.

• The original of this short report is at The Citizen

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