Massive blow: R400m cocaine haul found in truck intercepted in Western Cape winelands

[dualmeister]

A tip-off about a truck carrying a large amount of drugs led to the discovery of cocaine worth more than R400 million in the Western Cape winelands – one of South Africa's largest cocaine busts.

An operation was organised on Thursday on the N1 highway, and the truck was spotted at a petrol station in the winelands, travelling toward Cape Town.

Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said:

The bust, which the Hawks carried out along with Crime Intelligence and Western Cape traffic officers, ended in the arrest of three men.

The three men, aged 39, 42, and 47, are expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Source

 

[R13...]

Good haul. Hope they don't just sell the stuff back to the deal like they always seem to do with these hauls.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Blow, I see what you did there
Is coca big in SA

 

[dualmeister]

 

[AstroTurf]

Are those coffee stains?

Would love to see one of those things disassembled purely out of curiosity.

 

[W@P]

 

[Neptuner]

Putas!

 

[Agent_Smith]

A lot of people in Blowberg going to be disappointed as there goes their weekend...

 

[Gordon_R]

Did the OP score points for using 'massive' and 'blow' in the headline?

 

[ponder]

Sniff sniff

 

[Ecco]

Massive!

 

[Neptuner]

A lot of people in Blowberg going to be disappointed as there goes their weekend...

They can go sniff sea sand, putas!

 

[Guest 290922]

Officer 1: Bless you, officer.
Officer 2: No, bless you...

 

[grok]

Damn, guess I'll have to cancel that truckload of hookers now..

 

[SauRoNZA]

Lol @ massive blow.

 

[cn@]

The three men, aged 39, 42, and 47, are expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Source

So the three men will get justice at Athlone ... are you serious ...

 

[Thugscub]

Well this wrecked my weekend.

 

[RonSwanson]

Remember to tune in for next week's top story: 400m worth of cocaine stolen from SAPS evidence store, along with 300 R5 rifles and 50,000 rounds.

 

[s0lar]

Oh FFS. This is why we get substandard coke these days.