The Hawks’ South African Narcotics Bureau in the company of K9 executed a search warrant at a house in Fir Street in Primrose area. This arose after information of a clandestine drug manufacturing laboratory was acted upon.
The identified address was searched and narcotics established to be Crystal Meth valued at approximately R2 million was seized together with equipment used in the manufacturing of drugs.
Following the arrest the 36-year-old is expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court also on Friday.
The drug dealing menace was further dealt a blow when the Hawks’ team executed a search warrant at a unit in Richwood cluster complex, Vorna Valley, Midrand, the particular address has been in the Hawks’ radar for some time.
On arrival the team found a child minder with two minors. Her employers were apparently not home. It was reported that the husband was allegedly either in Swaziland or Durban.
The wife who was at work at the time was called to come and observe when the search was carried out.
Shortly after that she was unreachable as her phone went off despite promising to show up in an hour. A resultant search uncovered a fully equipped clandestine laboratory at an outside room.
Narcotics valued at just over a million rand were identified.
The inquiry will be turned into a case docket and thereafter referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision.
