Police in the Free State had to rush an alleged drug dealer to hospital after he swallowed mandrax tablets while fleeing and trying to get rid of the tablets.
A spokesperson for the Hawks Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said investigators were on Friday probing a drug-dealing case and followed up on information about a drug delivery in Virginia. A vehicle was spotted and upon realising that the police were on his tail, the driver sped away.
The 55-year-old man threw away a large number of suspected Mandraxx into a stormwater drain.
Mulaudzi says he also swallowed some of the drugs and members were forced to contact the emergency services to take him to hospital.
Police managed to retrieve a few mandrax tablets next to the stormwater drain and more tablets and white powder inside the vehicle.
The man will appear in the Welkom Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of dealing in drugs and reckless driving.
- African News Agency (ANA)
