Man, woman in Harding multi-million drug bust in court
A man and a woman arrested during a R150-million drug bust are to appear in the Port Shepstone Magistrates Court today.
The Police Minister visited the Hawks' base on the south coast yesterday, where he examined numerous bags of mandrax tablets - stacked against a wall in a warehouse allegedly manufactured on a farm in Harding.
The crime fighting group's Hangwani Mulaudzi, says the bust is possibly the biggest in the country.
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He says the suspects are facing charges relating manufacturing and concealment of drugs for now.
"There are those possibilities that they might be moving around. Yes, they were operating from a farm. With the investigations, we are going to check if there any other factories being planted within the area of KZN," he said.
Mulaudzi adds that the farm owner will also form part of the investigation.