{"id":268417,"date":"2025-08-29T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=268417"},"modified":"2025-08-29T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:21:31","slug":"passenger-busted-with-more-than-a-thousand-mandrax-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/passenger-busted-with-more-than-a-thousand-mandrax-tablets\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger busted with more than a thousand Mandrax tablets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SELOSESHA &#8211;<\/strong> A man (38) was arrested with Mandrax tablets worth more than R53 000 during a roadblock operation on the N8 road near Serwalo in Selosesha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, 28 August, at about 10:00, a team of dedicated members of the Selosesha Crime Prevention unit, Public Order Police (POP), Boithuso Police Station as well as the Thaba Nchu Police Station were manning a roadblock on the N8. 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