Four suspects will appear at the Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 4 march 2019 on charges of manufacturing and dealing in drugs after a clandestine laboratory was found at a house at Braamfisherville, Soweto.
The four suspects aged between 58 and 35 were nabbed yesterday, in an intelligence driven operation involving the Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB), Crime Intelligence Counter Narcotics and the Gauteng K9 Unit.
The multi-disciplinary team searched the house and found a clandestine laboratory suspected of being used to produce mandrax. The drug lab was allegedly in operation when the team swooped, seizing a large amount of mandrax tablets, other chemicals and equipment.
All the four suspects were arrested on the property. The entire haul is suspected to be running into millions of rands. The correct figures will be released at a later stage.
The Hawks National Head Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya has applauded the team for their tireless and continuous fight against illegal drugs and the continuous dismantling of illicit drug manufacturing laboratories in the country.
This is a significant seizure according the Lieutenant General Lebeya that has potentially prevented kilograms of mandrax worth millions of rands hitting the streets. Clandestine drug laboratories used to manufacture illicit drugs pose a danger to the public he said, and anyone with information about the manufacturing of illicit drugs should report to the authorities.
Huge mandrax seizure in Soweto drug laboratory raid https://t.co/8Y1c2v9wFp #ArriveAlive #DrugsOffTheStreets pic.twitter.com/OaRbigfd9s
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