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A 63-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Komatipoort Magistrate’s Court tomorrow, 12 May 2021, for possession of drugs. He was arrested this morning at the Lebombo Border Post.
According to information received, the suspect was travelling from Mozambique to South Africa when his vehicle was stopped for processing, by members from the South African Police Service and South African Revenue Service Customs during a joint routine operation. The two formations then thoroughly searched the vehicle, a white double cab Toyota bakkie and found about 136 kilograms of suspected heroin as well as 19 kilograms of suspected crystal meth worth a combined value of about R32 million. The drugs were found stashed underneath charcoal that was loaded at the back of the bakkie.