Police seize drugs worth R340,000 on bus in Beaufort West
They found a bag in the trailer containing more than 6,780 mandrax tablets.
Police seized mandrax worth R340,000 during an operation in Beaufort West on 24 September 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter
CAPE TOWN – Police have confiscated drugs worth R340,000 found on a bus in Beaufort West.
The discovery was made on Thursday during a joint police operation.
Police officers attached to the provincial organised crime unit, Beaufort West K9 unit and Crime Intelligence were deployed in the Karoo town with a specific focus on drug trafficking.
They then set their sights on a bus at a weighbridge yesterday morning and searched the vehicle.
They found a bag in the trailer containing more than 6,780 mandrax tablets.
The drugs were later linked to a woman on the bus.
The 29-year-old is expected in court today.