Durban - An alleged Merebank drug dealer who was arrested by police for being in possession of narcotics will appear in the Wentworth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane, a KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, said the 38-year-old suspect was arrested at the Dinapur Road flats,south of Durban, after he was found in possession of drugs and an undisclosed amount of cash.
A case of dealing in heroin and possession of heroin is being investigated by Wentworth SAPS.
According to police, the Wentworth Crime Prevention unit found the dealer in possession of orange and white capsules with heroin inside.
Police are also investigating if the dealer was linked to a burglary incident and if he had an outstanding warrant of arrest issued for him.
In April 2019, the Merebank community voiced their concerns over a local park that was taken over by drug addicts.
Whoonga addicts, who frequent Sialkot Park, are terrorising the ward 75 community in Merebank.
In November 2014, a fruit and vegetable hawker had a near-death experience when she was hit in the leg by a stray bullet and then knocked over on the pavement and dragged by a car involved in a high-speed chase and shooting in Merebank.
The shooting emanated from a drug deal that went wrong at the Dinapur Road flats.