Anti-gang unit officers conducted stop-and-search operations in the Mitchells Plain policing precinct on Tuesday 21 January and pursued information about a set-off point for drugs located in Beacon Valley.
Armed with the information that the identified address is a strong hold of one of the major gangs in Cape Town, they operationalised the information at their disposal. At about 13:40, they raided the house in Volvo Street, brought all the occupants under control and searched the premises.
Their attention was drawn to a Hyundai LDV parked on the premises. On inspecting the vehicle, they found a false compartment, opened the compartment by force and found 80 000 Mandrax tablets with a street value of around R4 million hidden inside the compartment. They detained a 26-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman for dealing in drugs.
