The Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) together with Crime Intelligence conducted an intelligence driven disruptive operation that yielded a discovery of Mandrax tablets worth nearly R3.3 million in Kraaifontein, Cape Town on Saturday 3 March 2018.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the drugs were in transit from Gauteng to Cape Town transported by a truck. The Hawks led team spotted the truck off loading boxes onto a private vehicle in Acacia street, Kraaifontein Industrial Area.
Upon conducting a search, 73 packets were found, each containing 1000 Mandrax tablets. Two suspects aged 26 and 53 (drivers of both vehicles) were arrested. They are expected to appear at Kraaifontein Magistrate’s Court.
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