Drugs worth R800 million destroyed in Gauteng police operation
The police have destroyed drugs worth R800 million during policing operations in
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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.