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SA Police Discover Secret Meth Drug Lab Worth 2 Billion Rand

8 months agoSun, 21 Jul 2024 21:20:41 GMT
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SA Police Discover Secret Meth Drug Lab Worth 2 Billion Rand

Police in South Africa discovered a multibillion rand drug manufacturing operation on a farm, in one of the country’s drug busts ever.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) Hawks said in a statement they raided the farm after receiving a tipoff. When they searched the farm, they found large quantities of chemicals used to make illicit drugs including acetone and crystal meth. 

he chemicals found have an estimated value of 2 billion South African rand (US $109 million). The laboratory was discovered on a farm in a small town in Limpopo province, which borders Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana.

The police arrested 4 people, including 2 Mexicans. Said the Hawks:

“What makes this different from other [seizures] is the involvement of Mexican citizens. It means that our task has just become very difficult.”

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The problem of drug labs has grown in South Africa, but none of this industrial scale had been discovered before. In January, police said around 131 drug labs had been shut down across the country since 2019. This year alone the Hawks have discovered 10 secret drug labs.

South Africa has has been said to be potentially one of the “largest meth consumer markets in the world” researchers at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime revealed in a 2021 report.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has said that the country is also a major drug transit country because of its conducive geographical location and international trade links. The organisation has also said it is a growing market for synthetic drugs.

Methamphetamine trafficking and use is on the rise in Africa. In Zimbabwe it has contributed to the rapid increase in the abuse of drugs by young people.

Acetone is a colourless liquid used to make products such as solvents for paints and plastics, but it can also be also used illegally to produce drugs.

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27 Comments

Inini · 8 months ago
The writer must do a research on his /her story, in Limpopo province there is only one border SA and Zim, North West province SA and Botswana border, Mpumalanga province SA and Mozambique border so were did this really took place.
Mbada family · 8 months ago
Kkkk chivhayo vaziii vakutya kubatwa anga a pinda muzimba nedzanedzungu
Tkt · 8 months ago
2 Bili here vakomana?
· 8 months ago
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Chibaba · 8 months ago
Ngavauye kuno vabate Chivhayo anetsa.
Pablo Escober: The drug warlord · 8 months ago
Tofa neguka nemutoriro
Boss lady · 8 months ago
Guka ranetsa paTown
Baruch · 8 months ago
job well done
Double Zero 7😎 · 8 months ago
The reason why the Hawks are able to do these big drug busts is because unlike Zimbabwe they don't have a centralised policing system. The South African Police Services does not have to cover all departments there is delegation of duties among the police force. You'll find that the traffic guys do traffic, the detectives detect **** , the narcotics department does their duties , specific duties. Unlike in Zimbabwe where Constable Guru today is solving a crime , tomorrow he's on traffic duty collecting bribes. These guys end up not knowing how to do their jobs, the same applies even in day to day life, a Science teacher cannot teach languages this term , next term teach Arts , the other term Commercials and then back to teaching Science,how would that even work. That is what's happening in Zimbabwe with our police force.
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👽 · 8 months ago
duty uniform branch ndiyo iri general cid ine ma section. narcotics,vts, homicide minerals,fraud etc
Patz · 8 months ago
@ Double Zero The ZRP have areas of speciality too- CID Drugs and Narcotics, CID Commercial Crimes Division( formely Frauds) CID Homicide, CID Property , CID Vehicle Theft Sqiad, CID Flora and Fauna (formely Gold Squad).The Duty Uniform Branch has Victim Friendly Unit, Anti- Stock-Theft, Traffic and General Crime Investigations.Infact instead of being a disadvantage its actually an advantage because officers are constantly transferred across the different areas of specially thereby becoming an all rounder police officer. All things being equal Zim Police is better performance wise by far than SAPS
patz · 8 months ago
@ Double Zero About teachers wakurva dondo because a teacher teachs what he trained to teach.
🤔 · 8 months ago
kana musingazive nyararai
Dadza · 8 months ago
Tipeivo maserults Epsl emuno akatambwa zuro
ed i th · 8 months ago
hawks yacho ngaimbosvokawo kuno
King Abs Jim · 8 months ago
yaaah pkaipa wena
Maddock · 8 months ago
Yeah well done , they've to rot in jail... saka lab yoitwa sei as ine ma zi value akadai 🤔...
mu70 · 8 months ago
kudos to the Hawks
Asalif · 8 months ago
nyaope last number
Lloyd · 8 months ago
Let them rot in hell.We salute you Hawks
Mr JP van · 8 months ago
vane malawyer pluz panenge pasingabude tax pazvigadzigwa zvacho zvemadrugs nyika inoda tax chete company yoenderera mberi
dyooo.... · 8 months ago
mr JP asi hamuzivi kuti Chrystal meth chii ? the lab will be destroyed and pple will go to jail ... lawyer or no lawyer ..
· 8 months ago
ndopakat crystal meth hre apo,vanhu mokonewa nespelling yamongoona sure
Double Zero 7😎 · 8 months ago
Well done Hawks, well done 👏👏🏾
nya · 8 months ago
😳

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