NORTHERN CAPE – The Kuruman Regional Court convicted and sentenced Jean Claude Uitlander (47), Arthur Tshitse (58) and Ismael Mokhoenyane (58) for dealing and possession of scheduled medicine on Tuesday, 7 February 2023. The Kuruman based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team arrested the trio in May 2018, after the team received information that they intended to sell the anti-retroviral medication illegally in Kuruman.

The medicine consignment was to be sold for R300 000-00, while the actual value stood at R197 400-00. All three accused were found guilty as charged and the court sentenced them after considering all the evidence presented.

The accused were each sentenced to R6000-00 fine with an alternative two years imprisonment. They were additionally sentenced to four (4) year imprisonment, wholly suspended on condition that they are not found guilty on contravention of the Medicines and Related Substance Act. They were further declared unfit to possess a firearm.

Source: South African Police Service