Rietfontein Road in Primrose has been identified as a drug hotspot by Primrose police.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis area was once again proven to be a drug hotspot when three men, aged between 34 and 49 years old, were recently arrested for drug possession,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>
The men were arrested in two separate incidents at the corner of Rietfontein and Thistle roads.<\/p>\n
Officers from the EMPD made the first arrest, after receiving information from a local resident.<\/p>
\u201cOfficers went to the address provided, where they found a man fitting the description given by the resident,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n
Officers searched the man and found a plastic packet in his pocket, containing a white substance believed to be drugs.<\/p>\n
Another two men were arrested by Primrose police at the same address, only hours later.<\/p>\n
\u201cUndercover officers were called to the address to investigate two men reportedly acting strangely,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n
Upon arrival on the scene, officers searched the two men and found a plastic bag containing a white substance and a second packet containing dagga.<\/p>\n
All three men were detained at the Primrose Police Station, pending their appearance in the Germiston Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n
The suspects\u2019 cases have since been postponed for trial.<\/p>\n
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