Africa-Press – South-Africa. Bishop Lavis community policing forum (CPF) chairperson Graham Lindhorst said a multimillion-rand drug bust at Airport Industria on Tuesday was “a massive blow to the underworld” in Cape Town and a joy for the forum.
This was the Western Cape police’s second major drug bust in the province this week – three days earlier, members of Operation Restore and traffic services stopped and searched a silver Jaguar at the Klawer weighbridge and found and confiscated drugs worth R3.7 million.
Lindhorst said the drug bust at the airport was the biggest in their precinct.
“We are happy that police made this discovery because it means the drugs will no longer hit the streets,” Lindhorst added.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said police members, with the assistance of metro police and law enforcement, pounced on the premises in Airport Industria on Tuesday.
“A container with 16 boxes of 140 sealed bricks of cocaine with an estimated value of R84 million was discovered.”
The drugs weighed about 140kg.
Pojie said a docket was opened for further investigation and police have made no arrests yet.
In the Klawer incident, police received information that a vehicle with a trailer carrying a Jetta had drugs hidden inside.
Sergeant Wesley Twigg said the vehicle was en route to Cape Town when it was stopped by police.
“During the vehicle search, they found three bags containing heroin in the vehicle’s boot. In an extended search of the Jetta, the members found 50 more bags containing heroin hidden in the vehicle’s back seat,” Twigg added.
A 60-year-old man was arrested and detained on a charge of possession of drugs.
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