KNYSNA NEWS - Two men were convicted and sentenced to 10 years behind bars after they were caught with more than R600 000 worth of drugs hidden in their vehicle in Hornlee in January 2017.
The men, Graven Greeff, 30, and Hagen May, 31, were arrested when members of the Knysna crime prevention unit acted on a tip-off that led to the drugs being found hidden the back door panels of their vehicle.
According to police they were travelling in a black Toyota Tazz, registered in the Eastern Cape, along Dahlia Avenue in Fraasig near Hornlee when the members of the unit pulled them over and escorted them to the Knysna police station where they searched the vehicle and discovered the hidden drugs.
About 4 060 Mandrax tablets, with an estimated street value of R264 000 and 10 bags of tik worth about R350 000 were confiscated.
Southern Cape police spokesman Captain Malcolm Pojie said the Western Cape police management had welcomed the "hefty jail sentence that was handed down".
Greeff and May were convicted and sentenced in the Knysna Magistrate's Court on 15 April this year. Each received a 10-year prison sentence.
Some of the members of the Knysna crime prevention unit with the drugs that were confiscated in Hornlee in January 2017. They are (back from left) Constable Nenow Petersen, Constable Warren Ackerman, Sergeant Pierre Herwel and Warrant Officer Phillip Nqayi, (front) Constable Heinrich Appels, Sergeant Virgil Cornelius and Constable Benjamin Windvoël. Photo: Supplied
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