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Cape Town police have intercepted drugs with a street value of about R3 million in Ravensmead.
The drugs were being transported to Johannesburg at the time and police have arrested one suspect during the bust.
Police officers responded to a tip-off about boxes of drugs being moved from one vehicle to another. They pursued the vehicle transporting the drugs on Saturday night, said police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa. In the quest to rid the streets of Cape Town of drugs, members of the provincial integrated team [and the] Rapid Rail Police pursued detailed information about the exchange of drugs on Saturday evening, Potelwa said.
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Western Cape police intercept R3m drug haul destined for Gauteng 11 April 2021 - 10:44 Cape Town police arrested a man after they searched his car and found a R3m consignment of drugs Image: 123RF/BELCHONOK
Cape Town police uncovered a R3m drug haul destined for Johannesburg on Sunday evening.
Western Cape police spokesperson Brig Novela Potelwa said members of the provincial integrated team and Rapid Rail police unit followed up on information about the massive drug exchange on Saturday evening.
She said the team observed boxes being offloaded from one vehicle into another. They then pursued the vehicle bearing the consignment and stopped it along Robert Sobukwe Road in the Cape Town suburb of Ravensmead.