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They tactically entered the house after occupants locked themselves in and refused to open the door. Seven people were found in one of the rooms.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Upon searching the room they found 99 .22 ammunition, a toy gun with two 9mm rounds. They also confiscated 49 sachets of Nyaope, 19 baggies of Crystal Meth and cash.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Six men aged between 25 and 32 and a 24-year-old woman were arrested for possession of unlicensed ammunitions and possession of drugs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members from Welkom POP Reaction team, deployed in Bethlehem, received information about drugs being sold at a certain house and about an unlicensed firearm at the same house in Mamafubedu Township near Petrus Steyn.On Friday 02 July 2021, members obta&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seven arrested in Petrus Steyn for being in possession of drugs an unlicensed ammunition - 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