R60m drug bust in Pretoria

13 September 2012 - 16:19
By Sapa
STASH: Problem drugs
STASH: Problem drugs

Police also seized laptops suspected to be used for 419 scams

Six Nigerian men and two South African women were arrested when police seized drugs with an estimated street value of R60 million in Pretoria.

Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said police found cat (methcathinone) and 11kg of cocaine on Wednesday night.

Police were led to various addresses in Centurion and Sunnyside by a suspect they had arrested earlier on Wednesday.

Seven other people were arrested later when the houses were searched and more drugs were discovered.

“In one of the residents’ [houses] police also seized two laptops suspected to be used for 419 scams,” said Dlamini.

The group is expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Friday.