Half a billion rands worth of drugs were seized at Durban Harbour last month in an operation by the South African Narcotic Enforcement Bureau of the Hawks from Gauteng, National Office and Durban units.
A total of 999 bricks of cocaine weighing 1000kgs with a street value of R 500 million were seized. Picture: SUPPLIED
The balance of the goods in the container were established to be truck cabs destined for the consignee ."No arrests have been made at this stage and investigations are continuing. Mogale said during the seizure of the said consignment, four suspects were arrested including three police officials. Investigations have revealed that the origin of all of these consignments is the Port of Santos in Brazil.
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