{"id":101880,"date":"2015-10-11T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101880\/two-men-nabbed-for-drugs\/"},"modified":"2015-10-09T14:54:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:54:28","slug":"two-men-nabbed-for-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/11\/two-men-nabbed-for-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men nabbed for drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a recent Germiston cluster stations operation in Primrose, two men were arrested for the possession of drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers received information about drugs being sold at one of the shops in Rietfontein Road.<\/p>

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\u201cThey proceeded to the address to conduct a search,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

A 27-year-old man was found inside the store, he had a white substance, believed to be drugs, in his possession.<\/p>

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Police continued to search the store and found a 47-year-old Ugandan man, who claimed to be a herbalist, in the backroom of the store.<\/p>\n

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A 47-year-old Ugandan man, who claimed to be a herbalist, was found in possession of drugs in the backroom of a store in Rietfontein Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBoth his place and he were searched.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers discovered a plastic container, which contained several small zip lock packets filled with a white substance,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n

During the interrogation, the 47-year-old told officers that he was selling the substance for a Nigerian man.<\/p>\n

Both suspects were arrested and detained at the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n

The men were released on bail and will appear soon in the Germiston Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n

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