Hawks make R4 million drug bust at upmarket Zimbali home
The Hawks are trying to establish if there are any more suspects who might have been involved in a drug operation uncovered in Ballito, on the north coast.
A 37-year-old suspected drug was arrested on Friday night following a tip-off.
Officers who had been observing him, tailed him to an upmarket property in Zimbali, where they found heroin with an estimated street value of R4 million.
Simphiwe Mhlongo, who is with the KZN Hawks, says they also seized cash believed to be the proceeds of the drugs, as well as machinery and other equipment.
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"The arrest came after the Hawks received a tip off about drugs from overseas that were allegedly being kept and distributed out from an unoccupied upmarket townhouse in Zimbali. The suspect was renting another townhouse not from away the alleged stash house whilst using the other apartment as a storage facility."
"The team proceeded to his other house in Umhlanga and another in Mount Edgecombe which emerged after the suspects arrest," he said.
The man is due to appear in the Umhlali Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
