Hawks bust makeshift cannabis lab in Mitchells Plain Share Cape Town - The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) busted a clandestine hydroponic cannabis laboratory in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. Provincial Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said in a statement that its National Intervention Unit arrested a 45-year-old suspect on Wednesday in Sayed Abdul Mutahliep Road in Rocklands. Hani said the team followed up on information received just before 1pm about the laboratory at the house in the area. They searched the premises and discovered a fully fledged makeshift laboratory with cannabis plants housed in a ventilated tent with lights. The Hawks busted a hydroponic cannabis laboratory in Mitchells Plain. Photo: Hawks