Drug discovery at lodge in Durban ■ DURBAN

ThepoliceinDurban havemade no arrests yet after they recovered drugs worth R15 million at a lodge. Police Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile

Gwalasaid thatofficers from the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit acted oninformation about drugs that were stored in an unused geyser room on Wednesday 01 February 2023

Gwala said that the information led the team to a lodge on Dr Pixley Ka Seme Street in the Durban central business district where a raid was executed He also said: “A thorough search was conducted and police recovered various drugs such as methcathinone, capsules of mandrax, heroinpowder, crystal meth, rock cocaine and other drugs No one was found inside Theestimatedstreetvalueof the recovered drugs is approximately R15m” Meanwhile, it has also been reported that a few days before this recovery, two foreign nationals and a local woman were arrested with R500 000 worth of drugs, also at a lodge Police spokesperson Colonel RobertNetshiunda said thattwo foreign nationalsaged32 and 46 yearsold and a25-year-oldlocal woman were arrested after they were found to be running a mini-druglab onthepremisesof a lodge at Point, in Durban on Thursday 26 January 2023

Netshiunda said that Provincial Drugs andFirearms Unitofficers conducted a sting operation which was backed up by intelligence information and stormed the lodge where three suspects were found to have turned a guest room into a clandestinedruglab Netshiunda said:“Almost12 000 capsules of heroin, 600g of heroin powder and 37 pieces of rock cocaine, with anestimatedstreetvalueof approximately R500 000 were found in possession of the suspects”