Suspected drug kingpin nabbed in Polokwane
A 40-year-old man was arrested at a hideout in Polokwane on Friday for dealing in drugs.
Spokesperson Mamphaswa Seabi says the police received an anonymous tip-off which led them to the suspect's house.
Seabi says nyaope, crystal meth and drug-manufacturing chemicals worth over a million rand were discovered.
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"The relentless efforts by members of the South African Police Service in Limpopo to rid the province of the mushrooming of drugs has paid off, following the arrest of a 40-year-old foreign national at his hideout in a house in Polokwane yesterday afternoon.
"Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was possibly the kingpin distributor of drugs to local dealers who were selling on the streets," he says.
The suspect will appear in the Polokwane Magistrate's Court soon.
