{"id":2242,"date":"2026-04-28T18:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:36:28","slug":"cosmo-city-drug-dealer-arrested-in-honeydew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2242","title":{"rendered":"Cosmo City Drug Dealer Arrested in Honeydew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man has been arrested in Honeydew, Johannesburg, after metro police officers discovered suspected illegal drugs during a routine patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to authorities, JMPD Tactical Response Unit (TRU) officers noticed a suspicious vehicle parked along Tailor Road with a male occupant inside. Officers approached the vehicle and conducted a search of both the man and his car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the search, two small clear zip-lock sachets containing substances believed to be \u201ccat\u201d drugs were found in the suspect\u2019s pockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further investigation led officers to the suspect\u2019s residence in Cosmo City, where more suspected drugs were uncovered. Police found a bottle and a small bucket containing substances believed to be \u201ccat\u201d and crystal meth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect was arrested for possession of illegal substances and is currently being held at Honeydew SAPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been arrested in Honeydew, Johannesburg, after metro police officers discovered suspected illegal drugs during a routine patrol. According to authorities, JMPD Tactical Response Unit (TRU) officers noticed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[345,26,347,68,163,346],"class_list":["post-2242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","tag-cosmo-city","tag-diepsloot-news","tag-drug-dealer","tag-gauteng-community-safety","tag-jmpd","tag-tru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}