KNYSNA NEWS - The Garden Route Crime Combating Team and members of the Knysna Crime Prevention Unit conducted operations in Knysna on Saturday, 10 August.

After receiving information, officers taking part in the operations went to a house in Concordia, Knysna, and while searching the premises allegedly discovered 811 grams of tik.

The officers confiscated the drugs and arrested an "undocumented person" (31) on charges of dealing in drugs.

In further action, officers arrested two suspects aged 41 and 45 for allegedly selling liquor without liquor licences at The Crags near Plettenberg Bay and at Da Gamaskop in Mossel Bay.

The officers confiscated 326 litres of various brands of alcohol during these operations.

Officers in Knysna take part in a parade prior to operations.

The three suspects will appear in court once formally charged.

Police launched the operations to safeguard communities and with the specific aim of curbing gender-based violence and femicide, which plaque various communities in this region.

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