Four men, allegedly members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle group, were arrested in Johannesburg on Friday night for various crimes, including drug-making, police said on Saturday.
Crime intelligence divisional commissioner Rayman Lalla said three of the men, aged between 30 and 45, were arrested in Sandton for allegedly operating a clandestine drug laboratory.
Items seized included an unlicensed shotgun, rifle and handgun, a large quantity of unlicensed ammunition, three plastic packets containing the drug Cat, one plastic packet of dagga, three money bags containing cocaine, a small quantity of ecstasy tablets, and various chemicals and equipment used in the manufacture of Cat.
Lalla said the three would appear in court tomorrow.
They would be charged with manufacturing and dealing in illicit narcotics as well as the possession of unlicensed arms and ammunition.
The men were arrested following an intelligence operation by members of the organised crime unit, the South African Police Service, and the police's head office in Pretoria.
The fourth man was arrested in Primrose Hall, near Bedfordview after he was allegedly found in possession of three superbikes that were suspected to have been stolen.
Police also seized 103 ecstasy tablets, a small quantity of cocaine and Cat, as well as one unlicensed handgun with a silencer and ammunition.
Lalla said the drugs seized had a street value of about R6 000 and the superbikes about R1-million.
Lalla said the man would appear in the Germiston magistrate's court on Monday.
He said the police believed that "criminal elements" in the Hell's Angels were involved in international organised crime.
"These crimes are committed globally. The SA Police Services are working with our counterparts in Australia, Canada and The Netherlands in dealing with these crimes related to the Hells Angels group," Lalla said.
Meanwhile, a member of the group was shot dead at a cafe at the Glen shopping centre, south of Johannesburg, on Friday night, Superintendent Chris Wilken said.
He said the man walked into the cafe to a table where two men were sitting around 9.30pm.
The Hell's Angels member pulled out his unlicensed firearm and the two men then jumped up and pulled out their firearms.
One of the men fired a shot, fatally wounding the Hell Angels member in the chest. He died on the scene.
Police recovered two revolvers and two pistols. There have been no arrests. - Sapa