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Police during a drug bust.
Police in North West have made a multi-million-rand drug bust. The arrest was made at the port of entry between South Africa and Botswana.
According to the provincial Department of Community Safety, a minibus taxi carrying the drugs was on its way to Johannesburg. It was allegedly from Zambia.
Two foreign nationals from Zambia and Tanzania, have been apprehended. The drugs are said to be worth R37 million.
MEC Wessels Morweng of Community Safety Department says they can’t rule out the possibility that the duo was working with some public law enforcement officers.
“We have managed to discover this biggest drug bust in the area of Zeerust. But what is concerning is that, how did they cross the border to come here? You can’t leave out the fact that, there are some corrupt officials. It’s an open intelligence, that there are some corrupt police officials, and the border management. That is why on my way here, when I received the news, I spoke to the Acting Police Commissioner, Major General Asaneng. We have agreed, collectively, that we need to get into serious investigations, to get to the bottom of this, because I’m telling you, to scratch it on the surface, would have not done anything,” says Morweng.
Video: North West police bust vehicle carrying drugs seemingly from Zambia:
