Durban Harbour ‘shipping news’: Two massive drug seizures net cocaine worth R150m

Nothing to sniff at: Durban Harbour police seized cocaine with a street value of R80m at a warehouse on Friday afternoon.

The cocaine was found concealed in meat boxes by Durban Harbour police officers on Friday afternoon, 20 October. Photo: Supplied/ SAPS

A two-month-long intelligence-driven operation by Durban Harbour police officers has culminated in two major drug hauls this week of cocaine with a collective estimated street value of R150 million.r, pounced again and seized cocaine worth R80 million at a warehouse at the Dube Trade Port within the King Shaka International Airport.

Earlier this week, National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, commended the team responsible for the first drug seizure for the disruption of transnational crimes in relation to the movement of drugs. “The Saps is hard at work in disrupting and dismantling transnational organised crime that poses a significant threat to the communities that we serve. We continue to intensify and strengthen the detection of drug trafficking and associated organised crime,” Masemola said.“The destination looks like it was Gauteng; well, it might carry the address of Gauteng without necessarily going there.

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