Thanks to the speedy action of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team, a 600kg cocaine cache with a street value of R240 million has been intercepted at Durban harbour.
The team was acting on information about an MSC vessel en route from South America to South Africa that was transporting containers carrying wooden floor boards in which cocaine had been concealed.
“On arrival, the container was searched. It was discovered that between the boards, there were large black sports bags, each with bricks of cocaine,” said Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Nomthandazo Mbambo.
No arrests have been made but an investigation is under way.
“I appreciate the efforts by the members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in disrupting the supply of drugs,” said Hawks' national head, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya.
“With the cargo safely in good hands, we shall now be focusing on the perpetrators.”
He said he had appointed a team, on the recommendation of the deputy national head, to turn their attention to drugs that had been stolen in a burglary incident. – SAnews.gov.za