Saturday, March 3, 2012

I'll have to live with my decision to keep quiet about drug arrest, says top official.

THE WESTERN Cape's chief director for social welfare services, Dave McNamara, spoke out last night about his drug arrest last June in the city centre.

McNamara said he was not caught with drugs when police stopped him at the Caltex garage in Orange Street early on June 28.

He disputed that he was arrested at or near the notorious Senator Park building on Long Street, which was known as a drug den.

McNamara, whose job description includes targeting substance abuse and related problems, was arrested in possession of an empty tik straw and lolly.

"I'm not a drug user, I've never been a drug user," said McNamara.

Yesterday he was placed on …

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