Dealer had 2.5kg heroin - cops
19/10/2005 19:36  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - A Nigerian drug dealer has been caught in possession of 2.5kg of heroin, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.

Senior superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht described the 44-year-old man as a drug "kingpin" and called his arrest a "major breakthrough".

She said the man was arrested in Bedfordview, in eastern Johannesburg, just after 14:P00 on Wednesday by detectives of the Gauteng organised crime unit.

Martins-Engelbrecht said the drugs confiscated probably had a street value of about R1m and probably had been imported for distribution on the local market.

"Despite its cost - heroin is expensive - the drug is a growing menace on our streets," she said.

The man is expected to appear in Johannesburg magistrate's court soon.

- SAPA

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