Police recover heroin worth R100m
Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the discovery of heroin worth R104 million.
One suspect was arrested in Kosi Bay in Kwa-Zulu Natal and the other two in Gauteng.
The Hawks' Robert Netshiunda says officers tracked a vehicle which was about to enter the country at the Kosi Bay border.
"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," says Netshiunda.
Netshiunda says several bags of drugs, transported from Mozambique, were found concealed inside a make-shift compartment underneath the vehicle.
"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 in cash," says Netshiunda.
The two suspects will appear before the Johannesburg Magistrate Court on Wednesday and their case will be transferred to Emanguzi Magistrate's Court where they will join their co-accused on Thursday, 15 June 2017.