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A 31-year-old Limpopo attorney was released on warning Tuesday afternoon after he was arrested the same day for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs, including nyaope and dagga, from those detained in police holding cells. in Mahwelereng.
Police spokesman Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the lawyer of an anonymous law firm in the Mokopane area, reportedly arrived at the police station at 11 a.m. consult one of the inmates who was to appear in court. The lawyer cannot be appointed because he has not yet declared himself.
“A police officer working in the cells suspected the lawyer’s bag and called his male colleague to search it. The vigilant police apparently noticed every move the suspect was making and when her colleague arrived and conducted the search, a cell phone, a dagga and nyaope bags were found in her possession, packaged in a plastic bag, “Mojapelo said.
He said the suspect appeared in the Mokerong Magistrates Court for drug possession.
He was released on warning and his case was postponed until November 27. for more police investigations.
Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba welcomed the arrest of the lawyer and applauded the policewoman for “a job well done”.
“The vigilance and alertness of the policewoman on duty at the time the suspect tried to smuggle drugs into our police cells is commendable and should be maintained in all detention centers,” he said Ledwaba.
