Border Police officers attached to the Ngqura sea port in the Eastern Cape made a major drugs bust after they seized 32 blocks of cocaine with a street value of R12,8 million 💵 TheCitizen drugbust cocaine
Earlier this month, law enforcement agencies dismantled a drug manufacturing operation in Randfontein.
The discovery was made when the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team, together with Johannesburg Crime Intelligence and the K9 unit during a search and seizure operation.spokesperson Colonel Philani Nkwalase said that the team uncovered drug manufacturing equipment and a whole host of chemicals believed to be used in the production of Mandrax tablets.
“The operation, carried out in Zuurbekom, Bekkersdal, resulted in the swift arrest of a 39-year-old suspect, whose identity cannot be disclosed just yet,” Nkwalase said.worth an estimated R48 million at a premises in the Western Cape. It is understood members attached to the Bishop Lavis Saps acted on information received about a possible drug consignment at the premises situated at the Airport Industria.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said the cocaine bust dealt a major blow to the lucrative drug trafficking trade.
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