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Police in Durban have confiscated drugs with a combined street value of R175 000 and arrested three suspects following intelligence-driven drug operations this week.
According to police, the first arrest was made in a Durban suburb called Bellair where they nabbed a 47-year-old man near a local mall who had a bag of cocaine in his possession with an estimated street value of R90 000.
Officers then proceeded to another suburb called Shellcross where they pounced on a suspected drug den.
Police entered a building in table Mountain Road where they confiscated heroin capsules, rock cocaine and Mandrax to the value of R20 000.
Police say the premises was empty so no arrests were made but the area will be closely monitored to find the suspects.
The last operation this week was conducted in the Inchanga police precinct which covers a village, halfway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Two suspects aged 19 and 23 were found inside a building where they were busy packing heroin.
The street value of the drugs is approximately R65 000.
The three arrested suspects will appear in the Durban and Camperdown Magistrates' Court soon.
