{"id":208795,"date":"2019-06-26T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/208795\/information-leads-to-arrest-of-alleged-dagga-dealer\/"},"modified":"2019-06-26T14:18:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T12:18:28","slug":"information-leads-to-arrest-of-alleged-dagga-dealer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/06\/26\/information-leads-to-arrest-of-alleged-dagga-dealer\/","title":{"rendered":"Information leads to arrest of alleged dagga dealer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) followed up on information received about an individual selling dagga within a business establishment on Rietfontein Road, Primrose, last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The DEU members\u2019 efforts bore fruit as the information proved accurate when a male, fitting the description provided, was found in possession of ziplock bags containing dagga and cash.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/208264\/man-found-with-substance-believed-to-be-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man found with substance believed to be drugs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/208406\/crystal-meth-khat-and-dagga-valued-at-r51-000-seized-in-germiston-cbd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal meth, Kat and dagga valued at R51\u00a0000 seized in Germiston CBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon searching the suspect, the DEU members found 19 ziplock bags of dagga on his person, as well as cash amounting to R90 suspected to be the proceeds from the illegal dealings,\u201d said Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, spokesperson for the EMPD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dagga seized is estimated to be worth around R300 on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old man was detained at the Primrose Police Station on charges of possession of and dealing in dagga.<\/p>\n<p>He was expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a 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