Three behind bars following Durban drug bust
Updated | By Gcinokuhle Malinga
Three suspects are behind bars after being caught with illegal firearms, ammunition and drugs with a street value of R200 000 in Montclair, south of Durban.
The men were arrested during an operation on Tuesday night.
They were nabbed after police received a tip-off about a suspicious house in the area.
“A 32-year-old suspect was found in possession of 34 rounds of ammunition and a substance suspected to be rock cocaine,” says KZN police’s Robert Netshiunda.
“The second suspect, a 34-year-old, was found to be in illegal possession of a firearm whose serial number was filed off, as well as ammunition, whilst a 28-year-old suspect was also nabbed for being in an illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
“Subsequent investigations led to the recovery of rock cocaine which was left abandoned at a nearby premises."
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