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Drugs seized during arrest
A foreign national man and a South African woman has been arrested following police raids on two apartments in Durban.
Police found various types of drugs with a total street value of about half a million rand.
#sapsKZN An intelligence-led op by KZN Provincial Organised Crime Unit (Narcotics) led to the arrest of a foreign national & a local woman for dealing in drugs.
On 28/07, police executed search warrants at two apartments in Westville & Hillcrest. Ecstasy tablets & powder, heroin… pic.twitter.com/4anR4y8GWq
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) July 29, 2025
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says members of the provincial organised crime unit acted on intelligence that was gathered when they raided the apartments in Westville and in an estate in Hillcrest.
Netshiunda says the suspects are expected to appear in court soon.
“On Monday, 28th July 2025, police executed search warrants at two apartments, one on Flanethorn Drive in Westville and the other at an estate in Hillcrest. During the raid the police found ecstacy tablets, ecstacy powder, heroin capsules, cocaine bags and crystal meth with an estimated street value of over half a million rand. “
