Crystal meth, Mandrax, cocaine and dagga were swept off the streets in a coordinated blitz that landed four suspects behind bars across three Cape Town communities on Tuesday.

Members of Operation Prosper fanned out across Kraaifontein, Khayelitsha and Mfuleni on Tuesday afternoon, 6 October, searching four premises and confiscating a haul ranging from crystal meth and cocaine to Mandrax tablets and dagga.

In the first raid, members searched a house in Nellie Street, Kraaifontein, and found 60 small plastic packets containing crystal meth along with an undisclosed amount of cash. A 36-year-old man was arrested for dealing in drugs.

Hours later in Khayelitsha, members acting on a tip-off about illicit drug activity raided a premises in R-Block, Site B. There they seized three plastic bags of dagga, 16 dagga cigarettes and 46 small plastic packets of dagga. A 25-year-old man faces a charge of possession of dagga.

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In Bardale, Mfuleni, members searched a premises in Ugqirha Street and confiscated ten Mandrax tablets found in the house. A 26-year-old man was arrested for possession of drugs.

A fourth suspect, also 36, was nabbed in Vera Street, Scottsdene, Kraaifontein, after members searched the identified premises and uncovered mandrax tablets, cocaine and crystal meth hidden inside.

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All four suspects are due to appear in the Blue Downs and Khayelitsha Magistrates’ courts once formally charged.