Green Valley bust yield results

PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Co-operation between local crime fighters in Plettenberg Bay yielded results on Friday 10 March when a suspected drug dealer was arrested and drugs were confiscated.

Fidelity ADT and Bitou law enforcement officers carried out crime prevention operations in various areas on Friday night, 14 March.

Lisa Nagel of Plett.Watch, the local neighbourhood watch group, said that during the course of the evening the teams received information about a suspicious person in Green Valley, Wittedrift.

When officers arrived on the scene, the suspect started running away. "The dedicated crime fighters gave chase on foot and arrested him while he was trying to disappear between houses," Nagel said.

Upon searching the man, officers found 22 Mandrax tablets, two straws of tik and cash in his possession. The suspect was taken to the local police station where he was apprehended and a case of drug dealing opened.

During the rest of the operations, the teams did a visibility and stop-and-search patrol through Kwanokuthula, Bossiesgif and Qolweni, where a number of knives were confiscated, Nagel said.

Drugs and cash confiscated in Green Valley, Wittedrift.