GAUTENG. – Two foreign nationals in their late 30s were arrested in Erasmia on Wednesday after a drug laboratory was discovered on a smallholding.
Lt. Col. Christopher Singo, Hawks spokesperson, says the suspects were arrested during a joint operation. Information was investigated regarding a laboratory where illegal drugs were allegedly manufactured. Investigators discovered Mandrax tablets with an estimated value of R100 million on the premises. A second, new laboratory was also found in the building, where the suspects were allegedly on the point of manufacturing crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth).
The two suspects are expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Friday.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
