NORTH WEST – The Provincial Head for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in North West, Major General Patrick Mbotho lauded the excellent work by members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in Mahikeng and officials of the Swartkopfontein Port of Entry who arrested a 45-year-old suspect for allegedly smuggling cocaine worth approximately R2.2 million through the border on 28 August 2022.

The multi-disciplinary team was conducting cross-border operations on Sunday. Resultantly, the suspect was arrested after a taxi traveling from Botswana to South Africa was searched and three bags of cocaine were allegedly found hidden in false compartments of his two backpacks.

He will make his first appearance before the Lehurutse Magistrate’s Court on 30 August 2022 where he will be facing charges of Contravention of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act 140 of 1992.

Source: South African Police Service