The Hawks have arrested three people in connection with the discovery of heroin worth an estimated R104m.
Hawks national spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Netshiunda, said the arrests were made by the Richards Bay Organised Crime Unit members in conjunction with the Crime Intelligence officers in Empangeni and Pretoria.
"Members of the Pretoria Crime Intelligence had gathered information about a vehicle which was going to enter South Africa through the Kosi Bay Port of Entry with drugs. The Task Team at the port of entry was immediately activated and the described vehicle was stopped and taken to a nearby police station for a thorough search," he said.
"Several bags of drugs which were allegedly collected from Mozambique were found concealed inside a make-shift compartment underneath the vehicle," said Netshiunda.
He said a 27-year-old man was immediately arrested.
"Intensive investigations then led the Hawks to Gauteng where two foreign nationals aged 24 and 29 years were arrested. They were found with R50 000 on cash".
Netshiunda said the two suspects will appear before Johannesburg Magistrate Court on Wednesday and their case will be transferred to Emanguzi Magistrate's Court where they join their accomplice on Thursday, 15 June 2017.
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