Kimberley – Northern Cape police have arrested an undertaker after drugs worth R225 000 were found in a hidden compartment in the hearse he was driving in Kimberley.
The undertaker was arrested together with another suspect.
According to police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Sergio Kock, members of the Provincial Organised Crime Unit in Kimberley followed up on information about a stationary silver Chrysler hearse in the parking area at the North Cape Mall on Tuesday.
“When the team approached the parking area of the North Cape Mall they found the stationary silver Chrysler hearse in the parking area, which they searched and discovered Mandrax and Tik in a compartment in the back of the vehicle,” Kock said.
#sapsNC The relentless efforts by members of the Provincial Organized Crime Unit in Kimberley led to the arrest of 2 alleged drug dealers and the confiscation of drugs today in the parking area of North Cape Mall #DrugsOffTheStreets #SaferCommunities MEhttps://t.co/rKduIQHQxQ pic.twitter.com/ncB43BfWQE
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Preliminary information indicated that the vehicle belonged to a local funeral undertaker in Roodepan, Kimberley.
“The 36-year-old male owner of the funeral undertaker, who was also the driver at the time of the inciden,t as well as the 34-year-old male passenger were arrested and charged for dealing in drugs.
“Police confiscated 2 450 Mandrax tablets with an estimated street value R180 000 and eight bags of tik valued at R45 000 and also seized an undisclosed amount of cash believed to be the proceeds of drug sales,” said Kock.
The two suspects will soon appear in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court, he said.
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