Police seize over R150m worth of cocaine at Durban Harbour
Over 433 blocks of cocaine disguised in meat boxes were found in a container that was on a vessel from Brazil.
AIMED at clamping down on the trafficking of drugs into South Africa, Durban Harbour police have made yet another massive bust, as R151-million worth of cocaine was seized on November 4.
Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, a national police spokesperson said, “These men and women in blue are determined to disrupt and dislodge the work of international organised crime syndicates involved in the drug trade.”
She said the officers were following up on intelligence and monitored a container that was on a vessel from Brazil.
“A multidisciplinary team inspected the container at a cold storage facility and found 433 blocks of cocaine disguised in meat boxes.
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“No arrests have been made, and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) has taken over the investigation,” she said.
This is the third major drug bust at the Durban Harbour in the past two months. In October, the same team seized cocaine worth over R70 million.
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Mathe added that General Fannie Masemola, SAPS national commissioner, met with Andrei Passos Rodrigues, the Police Chief of the Brazilian Federal Police, at the Interpol Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Vienna this past week.
“General Masemola discussed the influx of drugs into South Africa from their ports. A decision was made to enhance the level of cooperation which has already seen great successes in the sharing of information on drugs and other criminal activities as well as in countering international crime syndicates.”
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