ABOUT 1 500 antiretroviral tablets, apparently used in the manufacturing of the drug nyaope, was discovered in a drain in Birchleigh last week.
Senior Supt Wilfred Kgasago, metro police spokesman, said they received information from reliable sources, which led officers to the plastic bag with the tablets at 8am on Wednesday last week.
“After assistance was sought from a pharmaceutical company to identify the tablets, the company confirmed the tablets were actually antiretroviral tablets used in the treatment of HIV patients and were not for sale in South Africa,” Kgasago said.
Further investigations revealed these tablets are normally used as an ingredient in the illegal production of the drug nyaope.
The EMPD, in conjunction with the HAWKS and the pharmaceutical company, are conducting in-depth investigations with the objective of shedding light as to how the tablets reached our shores and as to how they ended up where they were found, Kgasago added.
