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Alleged drug dealers nabbed in Phoenix

Hawks members from Durban Organised Crime unit (South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau) arrested Leonard Munsami (31) and Feroz Khan (44) for dealing in drugs at unit 2 in Phoenix on Friday, 3 November 2017.

Members received information about drug dealing activities in the area and a search warrant was obtained. Members proceeded to the said premises where a search was conducted. During the search, 1 kilogram of cocaine powder, 50 pieces of crack cocaine,1000 mandrax tablets and 550 ecstasy tablets to the street value of approximately R 500,000.00 were found. They appeared in the Verulam Magistrates’ Court today, 6 November 2017. Munsami was granted R30 000.00 bail and Khan was also granted R40 000.00 bail. The case was postponed to 31 January 2018.

Similarly, Hawks members from Pietermaritzburg Organised Crime unit (South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau) arrested Simone Turkington (38) and Zander Steyn (27) for cultivating and dealing in dagga at Camperdown area near Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, 2 November 2017. Members seized dagga plants, large quantity of dagga oil, magic mushrooms and equipment used to process dagga. The street value of the seized items is approximately R 450 000.00.

They briefly appeared in the Camperdown Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Turkington was released on bail and Steyn was remanded in custody. The case was postponed to 18 January 2017. #DrugsOffTheStreets

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