{"id":964557,"date":"2024-07-06T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=964557"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:00:16","slug":"w-cape-police-confiscate-around-r6-5-mil-worth-ecstasy-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/w-cape-police-confiscate-around-r6-5-mil-worth-ecstasy-tablets\/","title":{"rendered":"W Cape police confiscate around R6.5 mil worth ecstasy tablets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Cape police have arrested two suspects and confiscated drugs worth an estimated R6.5 million in Milnerton in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the Anti-Gang Unit conducted a multi-disciplinary operation in the City Centre targeting identified businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says when officers entered a premises, some people fled.<\/p>\n<p>Swartbooi says investigations led police to a container in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During interrogation, a foreign national led the team to an address in Maitland where they searched the entire premises as well as mobile devices which eventually drew their attention to a container located in Milnerton. The members entered the container and a search ensued which resulted in the confiscation of 28 500 ecstasy tablets with an estimated street value of R 6,5 million including manufacturing devices. They detained two suspects on charges of dealing in drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sapsWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sapsWC<\/a> Two suspects were arrested and drugs with an estimated street value of R6,5 million were confiscated on 05\/07 in Milnerton. The members entered the container and a search ensued which resulted in the confiscation of 28 500 ecstasy tablets and manufacturing devices. NP\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zRH4yAubnR\">pic.twitter.com\/zRH4yAubnR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SA Police Service   (@SAPoliceService) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAPoliceService\/status\/1809568178730590541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A foreign national led the team to an address in Maitland.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":964558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[736,737],"class_list":["post-964557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-anti-drug-campaign","tag-drug-bust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}