Drug bust
Cops warn drug dealers: ‘We are a step ahead of you’
Police found more than 12,000 mandrax tablets at the house and an undisclosed amount of money during a recent raid.
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PE man (35) arrested for possession of mandrax tablets worth over R750k
An intelligence-driven operation conducted this week, led police to a house in Phuku Street.
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Man arrested for possession of cocaine worth over R30m to appear in court
The man was taken into custody at a filling station on the N1 in Cape Town early Sunday morning.
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Duo arrested after busted with dagga worth R1.5m in NC
Upington police, in the Northern Cape, followed up on information about drug trafficking on the N1.
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Kimberley man to appear in court for R2m drugs
Officers responding to a tip-off raided a house where they confiscated over 2 kilograms of khat and 500 grams of tik.
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Hero sniffer dog leads cops to R1m drug bust in Somerset West
The hero of the story was a Metro Police sniffer dog who alerted officers to parcels of drugs in a courier vehicle at a routine traffic stop in the area.
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Pretoria drug bust -Cops seize drugs worth almost R5 million
Limpopo police have arrested three suspects following the discovery of a drug lab in Pretoria, equipment and drugs were seized.
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Man arrested after discovery of arms cache at Centurion home to appear in court
They were trying to establish whether the suspect was just an arms dealer and collector as he claimed or whether he had malicious intentions.
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Guns & ganja: Centurion drug raid turns into arms cache discovery
The arsenal was discovered in Centurion on Tuesday, where detectives, as well as police and the South African National Defence Force weapons experts, continued to work on the crime scene.
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Man arrested during illegal drug lab bust near CT
One suspect was arrested following a search and seizure operation in which officials discovered a hydroponic dagga lab and a massive production of magic mushrooms.
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Man arrested for possession of drugs, ammunition worth R7.8m in Bellville
This followed an intelligence-driven operation at a business park in Brackenfell where a black BMW was stopped and searched.
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Interpol: SA seen as a gateway to export drugs due to 'good infrastructure'
Interpol’s head of organised crime Paul Stanfield said South Africa had become a consumer, a producer and a distributor of drugs.
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Interpol global conference in CT to discuss strategies to fight drug trade
Interpol’s second Global Drugs and Illicit Substances Trafficking Conference will bring together about 400 delegates from 194 member countries.
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Cops discover drug lab in Soweto
The JMPD K9 unit members were informed of suspicious behaviour and discovered what looked like a drug laboratory upon arrival on Friday night.
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EC police making gains in crackdown on drugs
Six suspects appeared in the local magistrates court on Wednesday after they were caught transporting dagga worth more than R1.7 million to Cape Town.
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Pollsmoor Prison to ‘tighten’ security after warden, inmates caught with drugs
Bandile Mbana, an official at the facility for the past 10 years, was arrested and detained following a random search conducted earlier in August.
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8 arrested in Hawks double raid to smash drug network
Suspects have been arrested in Middelburg while the occupant of the house in Diepkloof was apprehended.
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R5m worth of drugs found in car in EC, 2 arrested
This followed after the police spotted a suspicious vehicle driving on the N2 last night.
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CT man flees scene of home raid, cops confiscate drugs & cash
Metro Police teamed up with the South African Police Service for an operation on Thursday.
