A 40-feet container depot in Isipingo, KZN was found with 541 kilograms of drugs with an estimated street value of over R243 million.
An intelligence-driven operation was conducted in the early hours of 22 June.
The Hawks’ Serious Organized Crime Investigation team along with the members from Durban Harbour and Crime Intelligence Border Security made their way to the depot where the container, which allegedly had animal food, was located and searched.
26 Canvas bags with the TikTok logo and Jaguar brand on them were found containing large bricks of cocaine. An investigation is ongoing to track and apprehend the alleged drug traffickers.
Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebaya, the national head of the Hawks, shared his praise for the team who uncovered the large haul of drugs.
He added that the Hawks are cracking down on drug cartels and this specific bust shows that there are organized crime groups operating in the area.
Moloto Nchabeleng said:
“Great work but my question is what gonna happen to those drugs?
They are forever doing investigations until these drugs disappear, I mean I never ever hear the report of those investigations leading to arrests of perpetrators.
“I am starting to believe that the high officials are the ones who know about the drugs circulating in the country. I only want to know, what do they do about it after they got it?”
Jason Devey commented:
“Where are all the Facebook warriors bad-mouthing the SAPS now? I’m looking at you if you ever mentioned anything like, ‘Why arrest this guy when the millions worth of drugs is being brought into our country?’ Where are you now?”
George Mkhwanazi shared:
“If we had a government that loves its citizens, it would sanction a country based on its nationals deeds. There is no way one can find so many drugs in any African country.”
Mboma Mboma