Drug dealer hunt on

Top cop promises action

‘It’s time for rumours, gossip and ‘braai talk’ to end - if you know who Zululand’s big drug dealers and users are, come forward and tell us.’ That’s the message from Richards Bay Organised Crime Unit Commander, Lt Col MP Mthembu. ‘We keep hearing stories and reading about the widespread usage of heavy drugs by high profile people in our region, but nobody actually comes forward and offers hard facts -names, places and dates that we can investigate,’ said Mthembu. ‘I am prepared to act, but I need people to have courage and the concern of the community at heart to get involved,’ said Mthembu. ‘The information will be treated in strictest confidence and informants can remain anonymous. ‘I might add that there is also the possibility of rewards for information that leads to arrests and convictions. ‘We need the kingpins - those manufacturing or bringing the drugs into Zululand. ‘You can publish my number so that the public can contact me directly on 082 5571473 or my office on 035 7808200,’ he told the Zululand Observer. Mthembu said anybody with information on cash-in-transit robberies should also come forward. At the same time, he urged the public to be sceptical of the many ‘too good to be true’ money-making scams doing the rounds. ‘People are keen to enrich themselves and have the luxury things in life, but there is no legal shortcut to wealth.’