By Mashamba Media
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The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) Drug Unit has made a commitment to fighting drugs in the community and other serious crimes. Recently, the unit arrested two Nigerian drug dealers.
The TMPD spokesperson, Superintendent Isaac Mahamba, stated that one person was apprehended in Pretoria North after being found with crystal meth and khat, which has an estimated street value of R12 000.
The other was arrested in Pretoria West and he was in
possession of kat with estimated street value R10 000.
Mahamba said on December 16th, 2023, the same unit responded to a complaint about suspects who were wanted for murder in New Eesterust near Hammanskraal.
He said the officers spotted
the vehicle at a petrol station with two suspects inside.
“The suspects were
apprehended and the vehicle searched. The officers found a firearm with 17 rounds of
ammunition. The serial number of the firearm had been scratched off. It was also discovered that the vehicle had been hijacked and the driver shot.
“Both suspects were
arrested for possession of an unlicenced firearm and a hijacked vehicle,” he said.
In a separate incident, members of the TMPD Cable Theft Unit attended a
multidisciplinary operation that was conducted in Soshanguve.
During the operation,
two suspects were arrested. “One male suspect was arrested for possession of
suspected stolen property (copper cables) and another suspect was arrested for
damaging and tampering with essential infrastructure and for illegal immigration.
“The operation continued to Saturday, 16 December 2023. Members of the TMPD Cable Theft Unit arrested one suspect, a Zimbabwean national, for
possession of suspected stolen goods, copper and fibre cables and for illegal
immigration,” said Mahamba.
He said the members of the TMPD Tactical Unit also had a successful operation when they responded to a complaint about a suspect who was in possession of an illegal firearm at a house in Menlo Park and who was terrorising the neighbourhood.
“Upon realising
that there were police officers outside his house, the suspect fled and a chase ensued.
“The suspect dropped the firearm and it was confiscated. Other successes include arrests for drunk driving that were made on 15 and 16
December 2023 during a joint operation conducted in the Bronkhorstspruit area where the alcohol bus was used.
“13 arrests for drunk driving were made and 155 infringement fines were issued. Two illegal immigrants were arrested.”