R151 million worth of cocaine, disguised in meat boxes, was seized at the Durban harbour on Monday in an on-going clamp-down of drug trafficking into South Africa.
Police spokesman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said on Monday, SAPS members were following up on intelligence and monitored a container that was on a vessel from Brazil.
“A multidisciplinary team inspected the container at a cold storage facility and found 433 blocks of cocaine disguised in meat boxes. No arrests have been made and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) has taken over the investigation. This is the third massive drug bust in two months at this harbour. In October, the same team seized cocaine worth R150 million,” said Brigadier Mathe.
Meanwhile, the National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola met with the police chief of the Brazilian Federal Police, Andrei Passos Rodrigques during the Interpol Annual General Meeting that took place in Vienna last week.
“General Masemola discussed the influx of drugs into SA from their ports. A decision was made to enhance the level of cooperation which has already seen great successes in the sharing of information on drugs and other criminal activities as well as countering international crime syndicates,” said Brigadier Mathe.
