East London couple in their 60s accused of drug dealing
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Cape Town - A married couple in their 60s appeared in the East London Magistrateâs Court on Monday on several charges of drug dealing.
According to the provincial spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Captain Yolisa Mgolodela, Basil van Heerden, 61, and his wife, 62-year-old Brenda van Heerden, were arrested on Friday.
She said the Hawksâ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team based in East London, along with the Mdantsane Crime Intelligence, executed an operation after receiving information about the couple allegedly selling cannabis to members of the community from the home in the Chiselhurst Cambridge area in East London.