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The removal of drugs from circulation and thousands of arrests is only the beginning

SAPS National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola was also when R800 million worth drugs seized from various operations were destroyed.

National commissioner General Fannie Masemola presided over the process.

The South African Police Service destroyed more than R800 million worth of drugs seized across the country.

The police destroyed drugs with a street value of R800m Thursday morning. Presiding over the process, police national commissioner, Gen Fanie Masemola, said this was the third time, within a year, the SAPS had destroyed drugs, which included cocaine, heroin, mandrax and marijuana. Masemola highlighted that the drugs were confiscated during Operation Shanela, where police officers conduct regular roadblocks, patrols, stop and searches, cordon and searches, high visibility patrols, com...

The police have destroyed drugs worth R800 million during policing operations in

The Saps executed a drug destruction operation in Johannesburg, eliminating drugs with a total worth of R800 million

Masemola said it was encouraging that 15,400 suspects had been arrested for being in possession of drugs, through Operation Shanela. Another 7,000 were arrested for dealing in drugs.

Cape Town businessman Ebrahim Kara, the third accused in the bust where 672 bricks of cocaine were found concealed inside pine sheets, was sentenced after being arrested in 2022 alongside two others in Cape Town.

A drug dealer caught (https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-08-25-alleged-drug-dealer-bust-for-mandrax-worth-r32m-forfeits-car-to-the-state/) with over R400m worth of cocaine has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, seven of which were suspended, and has forfeited R2m to the state.