Garden Route
5 under arrest after significant seizures
Drug merchants bust
CRIME SCENE: Garden Route, Southern Cape: Five suspects are behind bars after a significant drug busts here.
The drug seizures in Ladismith and Kwanokuthula had a combined estimated street value of R142 000.
In the first incident, during the early morning hours of Sunday, 3 May 2026, Kwanokuthula police acted on information about a suspicious vehicle traveling along the N2 highway. The vehicle was intercepted in Wilderman Street, Phase 03.
A search was done and 13,5 kilograms of dagga with an estimated street value of R104 000 was discovered. Four suspects aged between 26 and 47-years were arrested, each facing charges of dealing in drugs.
In the second incident, on Monday, 4 May 2026 at around midday, Ladismith police conducted a raid at a house in Uilkraal, 90 mandrax tablets and 110 sachets of tik were discovere. A 29-year- old man was arrested on charges of dealing in drugs.
Suspects caught with illegal gun
No Garden of Eden for these six
CRIME SCENE: George, Southern Cape: The Garden Route was not such a scenic landscape for six me from Thembalethu in George this week when they were arrested for an unlicensed firearm.
Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Garden Route Crime Combatting Team arrested the six during a crime combatting operation executed on Tuesday, 28 April 2026.
The police received information of a hidden firearm at a residence in Nelson Mandela, Boulevard, Zone 06, Thembalethu and raided the premises. A thorough search led to the discovery of a 9mm pistol and 15 rounds of ammunition. They confiscated the items and arrested the suspects, aged between 27 and 35-years.