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Two suspects aged 26 and 33 were arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team during an intelligence-driven operation in Klerksdorp on Friday, 23 April 2021.
It is reported that the team executed a disruptive operation on Charl de Klerk Street wherein upon searching a flat at Bushwillows two suspects, a female (26) and a male foreign national (33) were arrested. Further search of their residence revealed a plastic bag with two blocks of what was suspected to be CAT and smaller bags containing meth with an estimated street value of R1.5 million.
During the arrest, the foreign national asked to speak to one of the members, the suspect produced R10 000 and offered to the officer to dissuade him from opening the docket. The officer declined and added a charge of corruption to that of possession of illegal drugs.
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An alleged Klerksdorp drug dealer thought the offer of a R10,000 bribe to Hawks officials could change his and his partner’s fate.
But, the Hawks officials who arrested the 33-year-old foreign national and his 26-year-old associate after they discovered R1.5m in crystal meth and cat (methcathinone) in a flat instead slapped the suspect with an additional corruption charge.
The duo was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team during an intelligence driven operation in Klerksdorp on Friday.
“It is reported that the team executed a disruptive operation on Charl de Klerk Street wherein upon searching a flat at Bushwillows two suspects, a female, 26, and a male foreign national, 33, were arrested,” said Hawks spokesperson Col Katlego Mogale.
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The Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation team arrested two people, aged 23 and 33, in possession of drugs valued at R1.5 million.
According to spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale, the two, a male and female, were arrested on Friday during an operation at a flat in Bushwilllows, Charl de Klerk Street, in Klerksdorp, North West.
According to the police, the male is a foreign national.
Mogale said the unit found a plastic bag containing two blocks, believed to be CAT, and a few smaller bags, which contained meth. The street value of the drugs is estimated at R1.5 million. During the arrest, the foreign national asked to speak to one of the members. The suspect produced R10 000 and offered it to the officer to dissuade him from opening the docket. The officer declined and added a charge of corruption to that of possession of illegal drugs, the spokesperson said.
Corruption Latest: Hawks R1,5 million drug bust leads to attempted bribe
During the drug raid police seized a plastic bag with two blocks of what was suspected to be CAT and smaller bags containing meth.
An alleged drug dealer who allegedly attempted to bribe a member of the Hawks to drop charges related to a R1,5 million drug bust has been slapped with a charge of corruption.
Hawks North West province spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team had swooped on the suspects during an intelligence driver operation in Klerksdorp on Friday. Mogale said police had arrested two suspects aged 26 and 33.