{"id":59172,"date":"2020-05-11T22:09:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/arvs-worth-r18-000-found-in-welkom-cbd-20200511\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:46:16","slug":"arvs-worth-r18-000-found-in-welkom-cbd-20200511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/arvs-worth-r18-000-found-in-welkom-cbd-20200511\/","title":{"rendered":"ARV&#8217;s worth R18 000 found in Welkom CBD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"9f8a8282\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Welkom Police arrested a 32-year-old man in the CB\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10155\/1bb1fe01d97a4ac8bfb8ea320fc4f456.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10155\/6aa3bb627bf54cb09afa6ddb212f8965.jpg\" title=\"Welkom Police arrested a 32-year-old man in the CBD in possession of ARV\u2019s worth R18 000\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Welkom Police arrested a 32-year-old man in the CBD in possession of ARV\u2019s worth R18 000<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welkom Police arrested a 32-year-old man in the CBD in possession of ARV\u2019s worth R18 000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday (07\/05), members of the Welkom Flying Squad received a tip-off about an unknown male African person selling drugs near the Matjhabeng municipal offices.&nbsp;When the suspect saw the police, he tried to flee but, they gave chase and he was arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"8b761206\">\n<div class=\"text\">Tip-off from public leads to arrest<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When the man was searched and the police found 36 containers of Atroiza. 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