KWAZULU-NATAL – Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime Unit (SANEB), Crime Intelligence, Durban Metro Police, and other law enforcement agencies arrested a 38-year-old male for possession and dealing in drugs.
On Tuesday, 28 April 2020, the joint team conducted an operation at the Amanzimtoti area after information was received about a suspect who was dealing in magic mushrooms. Police swooped in the suspect’s premises and a search was conducted. During the search members discovered a complex clandestine magic mushroom laboratory. Numerous species in different forms and stages of growth were also discovered on the premises.
The suspect was arrested and is expected to appear in the Durban Magistrates’ Court today, 29 April 2020.
Magic mushroom laboratory closed down in Amanzimtoti https://t.co/UyjtHConbd #ArriveAlive #MagicMushroom #Laboratory @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/8LSYUoxmbF
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) April 29, 2020