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Two suspects including a foreign national are set to appear before the Welkom Magistrate Court after they were caught ‘red-handed’ dealing with the drugs.
Lejweleputswa regional spokesperson, captain Stephen Thakeng, said the Welkom Reaction Team swerved to the home of the well-known drug dealer based in Thabong, Welkom.
“They identified the house and approached the owner to ask permission to search. While they were busy, the following were found and seized,” Thakeng said.
Thakeng said the police confiscated over 139 full mandrax tablets with the cash that amounts to R1630.
A 45-year-old drug dealer was then arrested by the officials on the scene.
The alleged nabbed suspect, then told police officers that he bought drugs from a foreign national in based in the same vicinity of Welkom.
The police visited the house and to their surprise, they found a 38-year-old foreign national in possession of 50 full mandrax tablets, and he was arrested.
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