Mandrax
6 Gauteng SAPS officers arrested for dealing in dagga, drugs
The law enforcement officials were arrested in Vereeniging during an operation to eradicate crime in the Sedibeng District.
The suspect was travelling in a taxi from Bloemfontein and upon searching the vehicle, officers found mandrax tablets.
Members of the Anti-Gang Unit found 900 mandrax tablets at a house on Saturday night in Delft and arrested a 36-year-old man.
Police and the Hawks responded to information and pulled over two vehicles along the N2 highway.
In the biggest single bust of the weekend, police officers conducting an operation along the N1 highway pulled over a truck in Worcester. Upon searching the cargo section, officers discovered a sizeable consignment of tik worth more than R4 million.
Members of the police's K9 Unit conducted a routine inspection along the N1 Highway on Sunday when they pulled over a bus en route from Joburg to Cape Town.
On Tuesday, a man was apprehended during an operation by police and traffic officials near Beaufort West.
The 52-year-old was apprehended earlier on Friday when authorities executed a search warrant at a house.
Western Cape police colonel Andre Traut on Wednesday said 200 mandrax tablets and tik were confiscated after the lawyer was searched by a court orderly.
The intelligence driven operation took place in NY-155.
The Police's Chris Spies said the vehicle was travelling from Cape Town and Oudtshoorn where the drugs were destined for distribution.
The drugs were valued at over R12,000.
Heroin, crystal meth, and cocaine worth R5.4 million were confiscated in Vredendal earlier this week.
Officers raided a storage facility in the Westlake area in Cape Town on Tuesday, where they seized mandrax and tik. Detectives then proceeded to another storage site in Noordhoek, where more than 17,000 mandrax tablets were found, along with a haul of tik.
The incident occurred on Friday night when authorities responded to a tip-off.
The 29-year-old man will face charges of dealing in drugs.
Booysen, along with five others, handed themselves over to authorities on Thursday and were then arrested following an intelligence-driven operation on suspicion of drug dealing and drug trafficking.
The Hawks said Jerome Booysen and his co-accused were apprehended after handing themselves over to the authorities.
The Hawks along with the K9 Unit reacted to information they received about a bakkie travelling from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town carrying mandrax tablets.