Nelspruit - Two Nigerian men and a South African woman were arrested in Secunda, Mpumalanga, on Monday for allegedly dealing in and manufacturing illegal drugs, the Hawks said.
“Acting on a tip-off, police raided the house and found the three allegedly packing the suspected drugs,” Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said in a statement.
“A further search led the police to what appears to be a clandestine drug laboratory and 1/8they 3/8 seized more drugs wrapped a black plastic bags estimated (to be worth) millions of rands.”
An undisclosed amount of money and chemicals used to manufacture drugs were also seized.
“Apparently cat (the drug methcathinone) was being manufactured on the premises,” said Mulaudzi.
The men, aged 30 and 33, and woman, aged 26, would appear in the Secunda Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, he said.
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