Five people were arrested and cannabis was seized during a police operation in Durban on Thursday.
Image: KZN SAPS
A Durban business owner and four others have been arrested after police conducted a raid at four shops and seized cannabis with an estimated street value of R1.3 million.
KwaZulu-Natal provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Paul Magwaza said in a statement that the operation was conducted by the Provincial Organised Crime Narcotics and Organised Crime Threat Unit. The five suspects are aged between 22 and 41-years-old.
The cannabis seized is estimated to have a street value of R1.3 million.
Image: KZN SAPS
Police had received intelligence about a suspect who was suspected to be dealing in cannabis from four of his shops located at Umbilo, Amanzimtoti, Brighton Beach and Montclair.
“On Thursday morning the team executed the search warrant simultaneously on all targeted premises. The main suspect was arrested at a different location and was taken to his place of residence where more cannabis was recovered. The street value of the recovered cannabis is estimated to be R1.3 million.”
Magwaza said the suspects were charged for dealing in drugs and were expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court today.
The arrests come after the Durban Metro Police Tactical Support Unit and the Metro Police Task Team, working with SAPS KwaZulu-Natal Counter Narcotics, arrested a 27-year-old foreign national in Umbilo earlier this week. Cocaine worth nearly R600 000 was seized in the operation.
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