Six people have been arrested and about R600-million worth of hashish and heroin was seized at two locations in Durban yesterday. (from the Mercury)
Three tons of drugs, which had been compacted into blocks and sealed in brown wrapping, had been hidden in truck battery casings at Storage City depots at Mount Edgecombe and Glen Anil.
Superintendent Deven Naicker, head of narcotics in the police organised crime unit, said their investigations had started on Wednesday.
He said the men's operation had transported the drugs between Durban and Britain.
"The drugs were being shipped as cargo for a false truck battery company and were transported to a UK company ostensibly selling truck batteries," he said.
The men used empty battery casings and prisms to store the drugs. The casings had metal covers on to make the drugs difficult to detect.
Naicker said the street value of a 5kg block of hashish was R40 000 and that one gram of the drug sold for about R80.
He said this was probably the biggest drug bust in the country.
"This is an international case and we will carry out more investigations into the matter," he said.
Naicker praised the national and Durban organised crime units for their participation in the sting.
The Britons are expected to appear in court tomorrow.
Hawks spokesperson Musa Zondi said about R500m worth of drugs had initially been found at the two depots.
However, an additional amount of heroin worth about R100m had been recovered after a further search of the Mount Edgecombe warehouse. "Another 115kg of heroin was recovered later yesterday as police were still searching the premises," he said.
3 tons of hashish and 115 kg's of HEROIN! This is crazy. One day the government will want to control drugs, but by then it will be too late.
Three tons of drugs, which had been compacted into blocks and sealed in brown wrapping, had been hidden in truck battery casings at Storage City depots at Mount Edgecombe and Glen Anil.
Superintendent Deven Naicker, head of narcotics in the police organised crime unit, said their investigations had started on Wednesday.
He said the men's operation had transported the drugs between Durban and Britain.
"The drugs were being shipped as cargo for a false truck battery company and were transported to a UK company ostensibly selling truck batteries," he said.
The men used empty battery casings and prisms to store the drugs. The casings had metal covers on to make the drugs difficult to detect.
Naicker said the street value of a 5kg block of hashish was R40 000 and that one gram of the drug sold for about R80.
He said this was probably the biggest drug bust in the country.
"This is an international case and we will carry out more investigations into the matter," he said.
Naicker praised the national and Durban organised crime units for their participation in the sting.
The Britons are expected to appear in court tomorrow.
Hawks spokesperson Musa Zondi said about R500m worth of drugs had initially been found at the two depots.
However, an additional amount of heroin worth about R100m had been recovered after a further search of the Mount Edgecombe warehouse. "Another 115kg of heroin was recovered later yesterday as police were still searching the premises," he said.
3 tons of hashish and 115 kg's of HEROIN! This is crazy. One day the government will want to control drugs, but by then it will be too late.
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