While conducting a stop-and-search operation in the Elsburg policing precinct, the Elsburg SAPS noticed a man standing next to a gambling establishment in Voortrekker Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police officers approached the man and asked to search him.<\/p>
\u201cUpon searching him a small plastic bag containing a white substance was found in the man\u2019s trousers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police officers believed the substance to be drugs,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg police.<\/p>
The man was immediately arrested on a charge of drug possession.<\/p>\n
The drugs in his possession had a street value of R100.<\/p>\n
He was detained in Elsburg SAPS custody and will appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court soon to face a charge of drug possession.<\/p>\n
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