Suspects nabbed with heroin worth R2.8m in Mpumalanga
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Johannesburg - Mpumalanga police seized more than R2.8 million worth of heroin and arrested two men after receiving a tip-off this week.
Mpumalanga Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Sekgotodi said the two suspects, aged 41 and 47, were arrested by members of the White River Dog Unit, the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit and the Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC).
She said they were arrested the suspects on Thursday at the Nkomazi toll plaza, around 40km east of Mbombela.
“The team acted on information that was received about a blue Ford Ranger that was reportedly transporting drugs from Mozambique to Gauteng,” Sekgotodi said in a statement on Friday.
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Drugs worth R1.5 million were confiscated and two suspects arrested after KwaZulu-Natal police pounced on a drug manufacturing plant in Durban on Friday.
The suspects, aged 40 and 47, were nabbed during a sting operation carried out in Bhoola Road, Effingham Heights, by the Drugs and Firearms Unit.
The two are expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate s Court on Monday.
Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said: The team acted on information about drugs that were being manufactured and a sting operation was put in place. They proceeded to the said premises, where two occupants were found in the process of manufacturing cocaine utilising cocaine powder with different additives.
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Drugs worth R1.5 million were confiscated and two suspects arrested after KwaZulu-Natal police pounced on a drug manufacturing plant in Durban on Friday.
The suspects, aged 40 and 47, were arrested during a sting operation carried out in Bhoola Road, Effingham Heights, by the Drugs and Firearms Unit.
The two are expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate
s Court on Monday.
Drugs worth R1.5 million were confiscated and two suspects arrested after KwaZulu-Natal police pounced on a drug manufacturing plant in Durban on Friday.
The suspects, aged 40 and 47, were nabbed during a sting operation carried out in Bhoola Road, Effingham Heights, by the Drugs and Firearms Unit.