Police seize drugs worth R12m in Gauteng
Drugs with a street value of some R12 million were seized during a stop-and-search operation along the N12 in Springs on Wednesday.
A 37-year-old suspect was also arrested.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says several elite crime-fighting units were involved in the operation.
"The team had been following intelligence led information that the suspect had been travelling from Mozambique in a white Ford Ranger stashed with heroin and methamphetamine.
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"At about 14:30, the team spotted the vehicle and stopped it along the route. Upon conducting a stop and search operation with the assistance of the K9 Narcotics dogs, drugs sealed in plastic containers were discovered hidden in a compartment in the vehicle.
"The suspect was immediately apprehended and the drugs and vehicle utilised seized."
The man is set to appear in the Springs Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
