Tik worth R12 000 was confiscated after a man failed to stop at a vehicle control point (VCP) on the N10 near Upington on 2 November.
Members of the Upington K9 unit, border police and highway patrol chased the vehicle, arrested the 47-year-old suspect, and confiscated the drugs.
Disruptive actions like these, as part of Operation Shanela, continue to reduce crime in hotspot areas across the Northern Cape, said Lt. Col Sergio Kock, police spokesperson.
This multi-disciplinary high density operation by the police resulted in 12 224 disruptive actions from Thursday, 2 November, until Sunday, 5 November, he said.
In a separate incident, also on 2 November, members of the Colesberg Highway Patrol unit attended to an accident scene on the N1. On the scene they found dagga with a street value of R100 000 in a truck, and a male, aged 57 years, was arrested.
During the mentioned period, police actions included 37 VCPs, 11 roadblocks during which 2 429 vehicles were stopped, and 4 036 persons searched.
Numerous compliance inspections by teams, comprising of members of the police and external roleplayers, were also conducted at second-hand dealers, scrapyards, liquor premises, tuckshops, formal and informal businesses, as well as mines.
Kock said 155 suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, robbery, assault, burglary, dealing and possession of drugs, stock theft, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, illegal dealing in liquor, and possession of precious metals.
Detectives also executed tracing operations which led to the apprehension and arrest of 144 wanted suspects for various crimes committed in the province’s five districts.
The provincial commissioner of the Northern Cape, Lt Gen. Koliswa Otola, indicated that similar operations will continue to address all categories of crimes in the province during the festive season and beyond.
