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Another intelligence driven operation by police officers attached to the Durban harbour has resulted in cocaine worth a street value of R80 million being seized at a warehouse at the Dube Trade Port within the King Shaka International Airport.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe says members had been tracking various containers which arrived into the country via the Durban harbour from Brazil.
She said on Friday afternoon, members tracked a certain container to the Dube Trade Port in which 228 blocks of cocaine were seized.
The cocaine was found concealed in meat boxes and disguised as such.
Brigadier Mathe says this was the second drug bust in as many days after R70 million worth of cocaine was also seized from a container at the Durban harbour.
Police are investigating a case of trafficking of drugs. Investigations are underway to establish the final destination of these drugs.
The National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Fannie Masemola has commended the team for the disruption of transnational crimes in relation to the movement of drugs.
“The SAPS is hard at work in disrupting and dismantling transnational organised crime that poses a significant threat to the communities that we serve. We continue to intensify and strengthen the detection of drug trafficking and associated organised crime.
“We are intensifying our safer festive operations and there are more takedowns to come from the SAPS, we are warning those who are involved in such activities to either surrender or we will continue to sniff them out,” said General Masemola.
The SAPS continues to enhance cooperation with other law enforcement agencies across the world in a bid to clamp down on these illicit activities.
The case will be handed over to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) for investigation.
