A Nigerian man was charged to court for possession and dealing in drugs on Monday, April 12. The suspect is said to have been selling drugs to school children.
Police said drugs were found on him and he took them to his home where more drugs were found and seized.
As said by the spokesperson of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department, Wayne Minnaar, the SAPS Flying Squad and JMPD K9 arrested the man at a flat in Hillbrow on Friday, April 9.
Minnaar said Bad Boyz Security had seen the man selling drugs to schoolchildren at the corner of Esselin and Claim streets in Hillbrow.
The officers arrested him and he took them to a flat in Hillbrow, where a total of 570 packets of rocks were found, which was allegedly being sold to children at R30 a packet.”
Also found were four “full moon” drugs with a street value of about R2 000 each.