A crime intelligence-driven operation resulted in the discovery of R20m worth of cocaine at a small holding in Midrand, Gauteng.

This happened on the evening of October 28 in Blue Hills, Midrand.

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Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said a multidisciplinary team led by the Crime Intelligence Head Office, inclusive of the Gauteng Organised Crime unit, SAPS JHB K9, and members of the Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC), was following up on information of drugs that were being stored at a plot in Blue Hills, Midrand.

Mathe added that further investigation revealed that the drugs were brought into South Africa from a neighbouring country and were destined for Cape Town, Western Cape.

Statement from police

“The cocaine was found hidden in a storage room on the identified plot. A 56-year-old man who is believed to be the owner of the plot has been arrested, and the cocaine weighing about 80kg has been seized,” said Mathe.

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She said the suspect is expected to appear before the Midrand Magistrates’ Court later on this week, on a possible charge of possession of drugs as well as dealing in drugs.

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