A 43-year-old man was arrested after drugs with a street value of more than R4.5 million was found in his possession. According to SAPS, the Milnerton Crime Prevention Unit received information about drugs that will be transported from an address in Sanddrift.
Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says when officers arrived at the address and obtaining permission, they then searched the premises and found a black plastic bag containing cocaine, a transparent bag containing crystal meth,mandrax tablets and nine Camry scales hidden under the bed.
” A cellular telephone was also confiscated. The estimated street value of the drugs is R4.5 million. Once charged the suspect will appear in Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on a charge of dealing in drugs,” Swartbooi said.
Meanwhile, the drug bust comes a day after nine foreign nationals were arrested on Tuesday, October 12, for smuggling abalone with an estimated value of more than R20.2 million. The suspects were arrested in two different specialized operations by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team together with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), Crime Intelligence, SAPS K9 Overberg Cluster.
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