DRUGGIN CLUB-GOERS CAUGHT WITH PANTS DOWN

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DRUGGING CLUB-GOERS CAUGHT WITH PANTS DOWN

JOHANNESBURG: About 80 naked men socialising at a New
Doornfontein nightclub were caught with their pants
down when the venue was raided by police.

"The Factory", a strictly men-only club where the policy is to pay and
leave your clothes at the door, was raided on Saturday night in what
police say is the first of a string of planned drug raids on
nightclubs in and around Johannesburg.

Two men were arrested for CAT possession, one for dagga and the fourth
for the possession of a schedule 7 drug without a prescription.

"Most of the patrons had their shoes on, so I would imagine the drugs
were found in their socks," said Insp Dennis Adriao, a police
spokesman for Gauteng.

Police recovered drugs valued at about R20 000 from the floor where
they had been hastily ditched by patrons during the raid.

The 56-year-old club manager was arrested for trading without a liquor
licence. - Mercury Correspondent

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POLICE RAID NIGHTCLUB

The manager of a nightclub and four of his patrons were arrested during a
police raid in New Doornfontein, Johannesburg on Saturday night.

"We were working on information that drugs were being sold and used in the
nightclub," police spokesman Inspector Dennis Adriao said on Sunday.

He said the four men arrested were found in possession of drugs, but many
other patrons had time to discard theirs, and a variety of substances worth
R20,000 was found strewn on the floor of the club.

The manager was arrested for trading without a liquor licence. R30,000
worth of liquor was also confiscated.

Adriao said the police appreciated that the 80 clubbers at "The Factory" at
the time of the raid were co-operative and friendly: "The police did their
job and they left. They were very co-operative," he said.

Drugs found included Cat (crystal meths), cocaine, Ecstasy, dagga, and
various schedule 7 medicines.

"We are enforcing the laws quite strictly. We will be following further
information on other nightclubs," Adriao said.

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CLUB PATRONS CAUGHT WITH PANTS DOWN DURING DRUG RAID

Johannesburg: About 80 naked men socialising at a New Doornfontein
nightclub were caught with their pants down, with many of them ditching
drugs when the venue was raided by police. "The Factory", a men-only club
where the policy is to pay and leave your clothes at the door, was hit on
Saturday night in what police say is the start of raids on nightclubs here.
Illegal substances valued at about R20,000 were found abandoned on the floor.