More than R100k in drugs found at flat near Teddy Mafia s home, Hawks confirm Hawks say that Mandrax and ecstasy tablets, ecstasy powder, cocaine powder, dagga and schedule 5 prescription drugs were found in a flat which was raided Yaganathan Teddy Mafia Pillay was shot dead at his home in Shallcross last week. Image: Supplied
A clandestine operation by a number of specialised policing units led to the discovery of drugs worth more than R100,000 near the home of slain alleged drug kingpin Yaganathan Pillay, known as Teddy Mafia, on Wednesday morning.
TimesLIVE has learnt that members of the Hawks tactical response unit and the national intervention unit from Pietermaritzburg, together with members of the Durban Flying Squad, swooped on a block of flats opposite Pillay s home on Taurus and Table Mountain streets in Shallcross, south of Durban, about 5am.
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Nova Scotia RCMP has charged two men with firearms offences in relation to an ongoing federal investigation into organized crime and drugs in the province.
On Dec. 9, Nova Scotia RCMP Federal Serious Organized Crime and Emergency Response Team (ERT) attempted to stop a car on highway 102 near Dunbrack St. Police pursued the car for two minutes before police forced it off the road. The driver and passenger were arrested at the scene.
During the chase, the car s occupants threw a loaded handgun out of the car window which was recovered and seized by police. Following the arrests, police searched the car and located a significant quantity of drugs believed to be cocaine.
TWO men have been charged after huge cannabis grow was discovered following a police raid in Worcester. Officers searched the house in Wyld s Lane and found a large cannabis grow spanning almost every room . Following the search two men, aged 34 and 36 were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug. (cannabis) They were charged with with being concerned in the production of a Class B drug following their arrests in Wylds Lane, Worcester, earlier this week. Besart Qelia, aged 34 and Marku Pashk, aged 36, both of no fixed abode, appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Wednesday 9 December) for a first hearing and were remanded