Police in Gauteng discovered a drug lab with drugs and processing machinery to the estimated value of R80 million on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo says they had been observing and monitoring suspicious activities on a plot in Douglasdale and executed a search warrant.
He says two unlicensed firearms, ammunition of high caliber firearms and replica guns were also confiscated while two foreign nationals were arrested.
The arrested suspects will appear before the local Magistrates Court in due course facing charges that include manufacturing of drugs, possession of unlicensed firearms, and possession of ammunition.
Gauteng police have discovered more than 10 drug labs in the past five months.
Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni applauded the team that discovered the drug lab.
“This is evidence enough that we are making inroads in identifying and dismantling drug labs in our province. I am proud of my members who have been working with diligence to identify and close down the existing drug labs in our province” he said.
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