A 37-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the George Magistrate’s Court on Friday for the possession of illegal substances.
National Hawks spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Philani Nkwalase, says their Serious Organised Crime Investigation team, George and Oudtshoorn Crime Intelligence, as well as Eden Cluster Crime Combatting teams executed an integrated intelligence-driven operation on Wednesday.
This followed a tipoff about a consignment of mandrax en route to George from Johannesburg.
The Eden Cluster Crime Combatting teams stopped and searched a vehicle in York Street in George and found 3 packs of mandrax tablets, hidden inside a potato bag on the back seat of the vehicle.
The 37-year-old suspect was arrested and tablets with an estimated street value of R150 000 were confiscated.
