Members of the EMPD Tracing Unit in a raid arrested a
Nigerian man in Boksburg North, South Africa, found in possession of a large
amount of cocaine, Cat and cash on Monday, April 11.
According to EMPD spokesman Lieut-Col Wilfred Kgasago, the
metro police confiscated the drugs weighing a whopping 1.5kg,
estimated to be
worth R2 million in the streets. Cash amounting to more than R8000 was also
confiscated. 
"Acting on intelligence received from members of South
African Police Service, the metro police pounced on a house at the corner of
2nd Street and 13th Avenue in Boksburg. A lone 29-year-old man was found in an
outside room where he is tenant"
On searching a bag found on the bed in the room, the metro
police found eight bags laden with cocaine and seventeen with the drug cat.
"The combined mass of the drugs amounted to 1.5kgs,”
said Kgasago.
The arrested Nigerian was charged with dealing in illicit
substances at Boksburg North police station and is expected to appear in the
Boksburg Magistrate’s Court soon.
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