Photos: 29yr old Nigerian man nabbed with 1.5kg of cocaine in SA

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 13 th 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.