Cape Town – Police recovered 16 boxes containing 140 sealed bricks of cocaine with an estimated value of R84 million in a container in the Airport Industrial area.
Members attached to Bishop Lavis SAPS acted on information received about a possible drug consignment at a business premises situated at the Airport Industrial.
According to police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie, SAPS members, with the assistance of Metro Police and Law Enforcement pounced on the premises on Tuesday, 18 April 2023, where they executed a search and found the drugs.
“An enquiry docket was opened for further investigation even though no arrest has been made as yet. The Provincial Detective’s Organised Crime, Narcotics Section, has been assigned to investigate the circumstances and possible origin and destination of the drugs,” said Pojie.
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Compiled by Junaid Benjamin
