A multi-disciplinary operation led by the Head Office’s Organised Crime Narcotics Unit has led to the discovery of a drug manufacturing laboratory and the arrest of a 44-year-old woman in Florida, Gauteng on Tuesday, 26 July 2022.
Intelligence information was gathered about a woman who was suspected of manufacturing drugs along Lange Avenue. During a raid executed by members of the Counter Narcotics Intelligence, West Rand K9, and the Provincial Investigation Unit, the team found narcotics manufacturing equipment.
Dried magic mushrooms, capsules containing magic mushroom powder, crystal meth, and cannabis oil were also found at the suspect’s premises. The discovered items are estimated to be valued at over R1.5 million.
The suspect will appear before the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 28 July 2022 on a charge of manufacturing, dealing as well as possession of narcotics.
In another operation, the team arrested two suspects after they were found to be in possession of 2kg of crystal meth and 300g of heroin worth approximately R1 million rand at the OR Tambo International Airport on 22 July 2022.
This success was preceded by the arrest of a suspect for allegedly dealing in narcotics through a vending machine at a shop in Broadacres Shopping Centre on 08 July 2022. The suspect was also charged with possession and dealing in cannabis and the vending machine was seized.