PORT ELIZABETH - MAN ARRESTED IN CENTRAL AFTER BUYING COCAINE

The eradication and clamping down on the illicit sale of drugs continue to be the focus in the Mount Road cluster during this Easter weekend. Police Emergency Services (PES) are patrolling hotspot areas to ensure the safety of our citizens as well as limiting the movement of criminals.

Within 12 hours yesterday, 19 April 2019, PE K9 unit members arrested 6 suspects, seized almost R300 000 worth of drugs and recovered suspected stolen property.

At about 07:45, members were patrolling in central when they noticed suspicious activity. They pulled over the vehicle, a brown Datsun Go. Upon searching the vehicle members found a ring cocaine which the suspect had just purchased for R300. The 26-year-old male was arrested and detained for possession of drugs.

via - SAPS