{"id":48666,"date":"2023-04-19T06:03:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T04:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:35:24","slug":"drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Napier Police had a busy Easter weekend, ensuring the community is safe, executing search warrants and following up information which led to the recovery of stolen goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warrant Officer Kobus Jafta, the acting station commander, stated that the numerous successes they achieved is thanks to good cooperation between the police, reservists, members of the Community Policing Forum (CPF), the community and other law enforcement agencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the weekend\u2019s successes was when officers arrested a suspected thief when they responded to a complaint of diesel that was stolen on a farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMembers immediately followed up on information and came upon the bakkie that sped away on one of the dirt roads between Napier and Elim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe driver lost control and the vehicle landed in some bushes. He tried to flee but was arrested. He appeared in the Bredasdorp Magistrate\u2019s Court on a charge of theft. The investigation is ongoing,\u201d Jafta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confiscation of various dangerous weapons, said Jafta, is also seen as a victory as the area has been plagued by a number of assaults involving knives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drug dealing in the area was also dealt a blow when the police followed up on information and confiscated tik and Mandrax with an estimated street value of R 28 000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThank you to the Bredasdorp Police who assisted us. One suspect appeared in court on a charge of dealing in drugs. He was released on a warning pending the results of forensic testing,\u201d said Jafta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another triumph was when the Napier Police recovered a variety of stolen items including a cast iron stove and bar fridge after following up on tip-offs from the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith so many resources we as the police can move mountains. We depend on each other and with a positive attitude, members\u2019 professionalism, dedication and motivation we can and will make a change. No job is too big or too small, we as Napier Police are capable,\u201d said Jafta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Napier Police had a busy Easter weekend, ensuring the community is safe, executing search warrants and following up information which led to the recovery of stolen goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":48668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozacityvision":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakougaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeoplespost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweslander":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"858998c2-8e4d-4b1f-a190-bcb58e2c0e1e","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"Bianca Du Plessis","background_color":"","block_editor":"","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-48666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drugs, stolen goods confiscated | Hermanus Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Napier Police had a busy Easter weekend, ensuring the community is safe, executing search warrants and following up information which led to the recovery of stolen goods.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hermanus Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hermanustimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-19T04:03:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-20T02:35:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bianca Du Plessis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hermanustimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hermanustimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hermanus Times\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hermanus Times\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/abcd9acda33cdec0bc660a6350624833\"},\"headline\":\"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-19T04:03:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-20T02:35:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":326,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2023\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated | Hermanus Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-19T04:03:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-20T02:35:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":960,\"caption\":\"One suspect was arrested for the theft of diesel from a farm after he crashed into bushes while trying to flee from the police.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hermanus Times\",\"description\":\"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hermanus Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/hermanus-times-site-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/hermanus-times-site-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Hermanus Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/hermanustimes\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/hermanustimes\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/hermanus-times\\\/\"],\"description\":\"Hermanus Times is the oldest newspaper in the region and the heartbeat of the Overberg. Since its first edition in 1949 the then-named Hermanus News has grown with local residents and made its mark as a trusted source in the local, social, economic and political fields. With more than 500 distribution points in the circulation area, this free weekly newspaper is available in Hermanus, Kleinmond, Betty\u2019s Bay, Pringle Bay, Grabouw, Villiersdorp, Bot River, Greyton, Myddleton, Tesselaarsdal, Riviersonderend, Caledon, Napier, Bredasdorp, Elim, Gansbaai, Pearly Beach and Stanford. The bilingual readership consists of people from all races and age groups, and serves the LSM market from 1 to 10.\",\"email\":\"hermanustimes@novusmedia.co.za\",\"telephone\":\"+27283123717\",\"legalName\":\"Novus Media (Pty) Ltd\",\"foundingDate\":\"2025-01-01\",\"vatID\":\"4100318916\",\"taxID\":\"2000\\\/018234\\\/07\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"51\",\"maxValue\":\"200\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/abcd9acda33cdec0bc660a6350624833\",\"name\":\"Hermanus Times\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/605c452cafb9158f893d9f37c5a74a6e9bcf73ff8fbb89bd33507380771ea99d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/605c452cafb9158f893d9f37c5a74a6e9bcf73ff8fbb89bd33507380771ea99d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/605c452cafb9158f893d9f37c5a74a6e9bcf73ff8fbb89bd33507380771ea99d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hermanus Times\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/hermanustimes\\\/author\\\/hermanustimes\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated | Hermanus Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated","og_description":"Napier Police had a busy Easter weekend, ensuring the community is safe, executing search warrants and following up information which led to the recovery of stolen goods.","og_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/","og_site_name":"Hermanus Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hermanustimes","article_published_time":"2023-04-19T04:03:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-20T02:35:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bianca Du Plessis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@hermanustimes","twitter_site":"@hermanustimes","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hermanus Times","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Hermanus Times","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#\/schema\/person\/abcd9acda33cdec0bc660a6350624833"},"headline":"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated","datePublished":"2023-04-19T04:03:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-20T02:35:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/"},"wordCount":326,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2023","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/","name":"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated | Hermanus Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-04-19T04:03:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-20T02:35:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg","width":1280,"height":960,"caption":"One suspect was arrested for the theft of diesel from a farm after he crashed into bushes while trying to flee from the police."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/drugs-stolen-goods-confiscated-20230417-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Drugs, stolen goods confiscated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/","name":"Hermanus Times","description":"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#organization","name":"Hermanus Times","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hermanus-times-site-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hermanus-times-site-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Hermanus Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hermanustimes","https:\/\/x.com\/hermanustimes","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hermanus-times\/"],"description":"Hermanus Times is the oldest newspaper in the region and the heartbeat of the Overberg. Since its first edition in 1949 the then-named Hermanus News has grown with local residents and made its mark as a trusted source in the local, social, economic and political fields. With more than 500 distribution points in the circulation area, this free weekly newspaper is available in Hermanus, Kleinmond, Betty\u2019s Bay, Pringle Bay, Grabouw, Villiersdorp, Bot River, Greyton, Myddleton, Tesselaarsdal, Riviersonderend, Caledon, Napier, Bredasdorp, Elim, Gansbaai, Pearly Beach and Stanford. The bilingual readership consists of people from all races and age groups, and serves the LSM market from 1 to 10.","email":"hermanustimes@novusmedia.co.za","telephone":"+27283123717","legalName":"Novus Media (Pty) Ltd","foundingDate":"2025-01-01","vatID":"4100318916","taxID":"2000\/018234\/07","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"51","maxValue":"200"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/#\/schema\/person\/abcd9acda33cdec0bc660a6350624833","name":"Hermanus Times","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/605c452cafb9158f893d9f37c5a74a6e9bcf73ff8fbb89bd33507380771ea99d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/605c452cafb9158f893d9f37c5a74a6e9bcf73ff8fbb89bd33507380771ea99d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/605c452cafb9158f893d9f37c5a74a6e9bcf73ff8fbb89bd33507380771ea99d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hermanus Times"},"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/author\/hermanustimes\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/773f8a843f0d43bd96bfd6674c41c003.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45733,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/five-arrested-for-break-in-at-iec-office-20240510-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":48666,"position":0},"title":"Five arrested for break-in at IEC office","author":"Hermanus Times","date":"15 May 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"An undercover police operation paid off when the officials arrested five suspects believed to have been involved in the theft of equipment in a break-in at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) offices in Caledon.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7a1848652d6d47c487647357220be212.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7a1848652d6d47c487647357220be212.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7a1848652d6d47c487647357220be212.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7a1848652d6d47c487647357220be212.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7a1848652d6d47c487647357220be212.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7a1848652d6d47c487647357220be212.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50228,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/operation-restore-yields-successes-20220920-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":48666,"position":1},"title":"Operation Restore yields successes","author":"Hermanus Times","date":"21 September 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"GANSBAAI \u2013 Stolen items were recovered, drugs were seized and 34 suspects were arrested in connection with a range of crimes during Gansbaai police\u2019s Operation Restore.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44892,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/bootful-of-dagga-seized-on-r316-20240827-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":48666,"position":2},"title":"Bootful of dagga seized on R316","author":"Hermanus Times","date":"28 August 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Two suspected drug dealers\u2019 plans to transport dagga worth more than R60 000 went up in smoke when they were arrested during a special operation by the Napier police.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e9c5ebc41a1742b7ab9bcf65de05fc59.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e9c5ebc41a1742b7ab9bcf65de05fc59.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e9c5ebc41a1742b7ab9bcf65de05fc59.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e9c5ebc41a1742b7ab9bcf65de05fc59.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e9c5ebc41a1742b7ab9bcf65de05fc59.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51209,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/stolen-goods-recovered-20220524-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":48666,"position":3},"title":"Stolen goods recovered","author":"Hermanus Times","date":"25 May 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"If you live in the Caledon area and have recently been the victim of theft, chances are you may be able to get your valuables back.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a63f3654874d478ebcfae1b7414ece2e.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":267280,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/grabouw-police-ops-yield-211-arrests-in-crime-blitz\/","url_meta":{"origin":48666,"position":4},"title":"Grabouw police ops yield 211 arrests in crime blitz","author":"Hermanus Times","date":"30 October 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Grabouw police arrested 211 suspects during intensive crime prevention operations conducted over the past two weeks of October, targeting serious violent crimes and enhancing community safety within the policing precinct. The multi-agency operations, conducted in partnership with various law enforcement agencies and community stakeholders, focused on crime hotspots identified through\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Grabouw police arrested 211 suspects during intensive crime prevention operations.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Crime.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Crime.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Crime.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Crime.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Crime.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47454,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/r-40-000s-drugs-confiscated-near-napier-20230919-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":48666,"position":5},"title":"R 40 000\u2019s drugs confiscated near Napier","author":"Hermanus Times","date":"20 September 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Napier Police dealt drug dealing a huge blow when they confiscated more than 1 000 Mandrax tablets over the weekend.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/82c6822911e64f73b8eed751c65ad802.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/82c6822911e64f73b8eed751c65ad802.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/82c6822911e64f73b8eed751c65ad802.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/82c6822911e64f73b8eed751c65ad802.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Hermanus Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48666"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=48666"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=48666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}