Hawks swoop on drug dealers in morning raids
Five alleged distributors and two suspected drug dealers will appear in court on Tuesday morning after being nabbed by the Hawks in early morning raids. “The Hawks have been monitoring the dealings of the seven suspects for a while and transactions worth over R350000 have been validated‚” a Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation statement said.VIDEO | Hawks on a drug bust exercise in Eldorado Park https://t.co/h0X4WstA1E— SABC News Online (@SABCNewsOnline) February 29, 2016asyncFive suspects were arrested in Eldorado Park‚ and the others two “were arrested in Ikageng‚ Potchefstroom where they were well-known dealers”.“One of the suspects is out on parole for another drug-related case. During the raid‚ a further R6000 worth of mandrax was confiscated.”They will appear in the Eldorado Park and Potchefstroom magistrates courts on Tuesday...
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