- This story has been updated for clarity
MAKHADO – A massive drug-manufacturing operation worth an estimated R600 million has been uncovered in Musina, Limpopo.
An undisclosed amount of cash was also seized during the police raid.
Five people, aged between 20 and 47, have been arrested. They include two Mexican nationals, two Zimbabweans and one Malawian.
The bust is the third clandestine drug laboratory to be shut down in Limpopo.
Limpopo Hawks head Major General Gopz Govender said the operation sends a clear warning to organised criminal networks.
“We have struck at the machinery behind the drug trade. This R600 million seizure is not merely a quantity of drugs taken off the streets; it represents the disruption of an entire criminal enterprise,” Govender said.
The discovery comes as police intensify their fight against organised drug syndicates.
It follows a similar major bust in Swartruggens in the North West in May, when 11 suspects, including Mexican nationals, were arrested after an intelligence-driven operation uncovered a multimillion-rand drug laboratory.
Police are currently on the scene in Musina.
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