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Daily News reports that a police officer was one of two women arrested for being in possession of pure cocaine with a street value of R6 million in Durban on Monday.
Durban Metro Police Service (DMPS) spokesperson Colonel Boysie Zungu said that members of the DMPS Drug Team received information about drugs stored in a flat on Gillespie Street in the Point area. Members conducted surveillance to confirm the information and a search warrant was obtained and executed at Hawaii flats. “A substantial amount of suspected pure cocaine, with a street value of R6,000,000, was recovered. Two women (aged 49 and 52) were arrested, one of which is a policewoman,” Zungu reported. Both suspects were processed at Point SAPS. Police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda confirmed the incident and said the suspects were arrested for dealing in drugs. They were due to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thobeka Ngema at Daily News
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