EASTERN CAPE NEWS - A man convicted of dealing in drugs, Rudolph Geswindt (47), was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the KwaNojoli District Court on 14 July.

According to Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli, media representative for the office of the provincial commissioner of the Eastern Cape, the court suspended five years of the sentence for five years. 

Geswindt will effectively serve 10 years of direct imprisonment. 

He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm. 

Geswindt has nine previous convictions, including drug-related offences and drunk driving.

Acting on a tip-off on 28 February 2023, Visible Policing members intercepted the accused's vehicle in the KwaNojoli CBD and pulled it off the road. 

Upon searching the vehicle, police found 20g of methamphetamine (tik) valued at around R5 000 stashed in the fuel filler area of the vehicle.

The trial was concluded in just over 28 months.

The acting Sarah Baartman District Commissioner, Brigadier Asogran Naidoo, welcomed the sentence, saying that it will be a deterrent to those who are involved in trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs and thanked the police members for their sterling work.

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