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Smuggler arrested in Limpopo
27 May 2016 at 06:44hrs | Views
A SMUGGLER was arrested by Limpopo police while he was transporting drugs worth of millions of rands on Monday.
He was arrested near Lephalale.
Daily Sun reported that the police, acting after being alerted by border officials, stopped and searched the bakkie and discovered money as well as the load of drugs.
Limpopo police spokeswoman Colonel Ronel Otto said the suspicion of officials at Grobler's Bridge, a border post between Botswana and South Africa, was aroused by the bakkie.
They alerted the Bulge River police, who chased after the vehicle and ordered the driver to stop.
"A thorough search of the bakkie followed and cops discovered R139 900 as well as $10 000 in cash hidden in the door panels," Otto said.
They also found hidden compartments behind the back seat and in the rear of the Nissan NP200 bakkie.
"The search revealed a total of 93 bags of heroin valued at an estimated R93 million," she said.
The 33-year-old driver of the bakkie is originally from Tanzania.
He was arrested and will appear in the Lephalale Magistrates Court soon to face a charge of smuggling and dealing in drugs.
Heroin is the most dangerous ingredient of nyaope, but many drug users also take it on its own.
On Saturday Limpopo police arrested a 47-year-old Zimbabwean driver transporting illegal cigarettes. He was with an accomplice and they were driving two vehicles loaded with cigarettes worth R6 million.
They were cornered by police at a petrol station in Boyne, outside Mankweng, and searched.
The second driver managed to escape from the cops.
He was arrested near Lephalale.
Daily Sun reported that the police, acting after being alerted by border officials, stopped and searched the bakkie and discovered money as well as the load of drugs.
Limpopo police spokeswoman Colonel Ronel Otto said the suspicion of officials at Grobler's Bridge, a border post between Botswana and South Africa, was aroused by the bakkie.
They alerted the Bulge River police, who chased after the vehicle and ordered the driver to stop.
"A thorough search of the bakkie followed and cops discovered R139 900 as well as $10 000 in cash hidden in the door panels," Otto said.
They also found hidden compartments behind the back seat and in the rear of the Nissan NP200 bakkie.
"The search revealed a total of 93 bags of heroin valued at an estimated R93 million," she said.
The 33-year-old driver of the bakkie is originally from Tanzania.
He was arrested and will appear in the Lephalale Magistrates Court soon to face a charge of smuggling and dealing in drugs.
Heroin is the most dangerous ingredient of nyaope, but many drug users also take it on its own.
On Saturday Limpopo police arrested a 47-year-old Zimbabwean driver transporting illegal cigarettes. He was with an accomplice and they were driving two vehicles loaded with cigarettes worth R6 million.
They were cornered by police at a petrol station in Boyne, outside Mankweng, and searched.
The second driver managed to escape from the cops.
Source - Daily Sun
