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The Hawks have seized 541 kilograms of cocaine during an intelligence-driven operation carried out at a container depot in Isipingo in Durban.
Hawks national spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Philani Nkwalase, said they were supported in the raid in the early hours of Tuesday morning by SAPS members from Durban Harbour as well as Crime Intelligence Border Security.
He said the team searched a container that supposedly contained animal food.
“Twenty-six canvas bags with Tik Tok and Jaguar brands were found with bricks of cocaine. The drugs weighing 541 kilograms with an estimated value of more than R243 million were confiscated,” he said.
Philani said an investigation to apprehend the perpetrators and prevent contraband drugs from entering the country was continuing.
The National Head of the Hawks Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya praised the team for the seizure, declaring that “we are closing in on the drug cartels.”
