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More than one million worth of drugs recovered at a lodge in Durban
2023/02/03

 

Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner KwaZulu-Natal

DURBAN – Police officers from Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit acted on information of drugs that were stored in an unused geyser rooms on Wednesday, 01 February 2023.

The operational information led the team to a lodge on Dr Pixley Ka Seme Street in Durban CBD where a raid was executed. A thorough search was conducted and police recovered various drugs such methcathinone, capsules of mandrax, heroin powder, crystal meth, rock cocaine and other drugs. No one was found inside. The estimated street value of the recovered drugs is approximately R1.5 million.

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