Police seized more than 10 000 heroin capsules and nearly 1200 pieces of crack cocaine from a building in Phoenix on Friday. The suspects fled the scene shortly before their arrival.

The Hawks say the man was to travel to India via Dubai, when they found the drugs inside a secret compartment in his luggage

Cape Town cops were responding to a noise complaint when a suspicious tablet on a coffee table led to a R1.3m drug bust!

Bombé, which – believe or not – are made from a car exhaust part, makes users slip into a zombie-like state with some falling asleep while standing.

Police in the Western Cape arrested a man, 42, and woman, 53, for possession of a combined 1315 Mandrax tablets on Friday.

Almost 1000 tablets of Drugs were THIS close to ending up in the Durban Correctional Centre. A DCS official is now behind bars.

IPID says the man was running away from from police when he took out the drugs from his front body and swallowed them

These stories always shock. A drug-dealing suspect from Cape Town’s Parklands carried millions worth of mandrax before he offered police a R 1000 bribe.

Police officials intercepted a massive Mandrax shipment worth nearly R1 million believed to be destined for Cape Town streets.

R4.1 million worth of tik was busted near Beaufort West, after South African Police Service (SAPS) sniffer dogs were set on a Toyota Corolla.

The police were recently assisted by mans best friend in an operation that saw drug dealers in possession of meth arrested.

The South African Police Service carried out a successful raid on a drug den with over R40 000 in illicit substances seized.

Police said a 51-year-old man had been arrested after he was found in possession of drugs worth R5 million in Mossel Bay, in the Western Cape.

Police arrested three suspects in KwaZulu-Natal after they allegedly smuggled heroin into the province. Photograph: SAPS

This must be one of Mzansi’s biggest ever drug scandals. Heroin worth R200 million has been stolen from the Hawks office in Port Shepstone.

Detectives raided a house in Braambos Close, Plattekloof in Cape Town and confiscated drugs with a combined value of R1.3 million.

Police have busted a man with R4.5 million worth of drugs. The troubled suspect had cocaine, crystal meth, and mandrax tablets in Milnerton.

A new anti-substance abuse forum aims to tackle the country’s drug addiction problem that is destroying lives and tearing families apart.

The Hawks arrested a suspect for dealing in drugs after a tip-off alerted them to a vehicle transporting drugs from Johannesburg to Durban.

In the dramatic moment of sentencing, drug-pusher Shila Khumalo collapsed in court when she was handed a hefty jail sentence in Zimbabwe.

Two young women spent the night in a Pietermaritzburg police cell after being caught in possession of drugs following a tip-off.

A total of 999 bricks of cocaine weighing 1000kgs with a street value of R 500 million were seized at the Durban Harbour.

Following Bongani Fassie’s claims, singer Mercy Pakela said music producer Stehr ‘feeds the children drugs so that they don’t think straight’.

A new study looked at the effects illicit drugs have on wildlife and found that trout can get addicted to methamphetamine.

Police seized a scale, drugs suspected to be heroin and prescription medication during a drug raid in the city on Wednesday night.

The Hawks arrested a man that was transporting nearly a ton of cocaine on a Gauteng highway in a boat, on Tuesday, 2 June.

In a drugs bust believed to “cause a dent to the illicit drug trade” police seized crystal meth, heroin, cocaine and dagga worth R13m.

The Hawks seized drugs, vehicles and an undisclosed sum of cash when they arrested the three drug dealers during a joint operation.

Jhon Viafara has been handed an 11-year jail sentence for his part in smuggling more than two tons of cocaine into the United States.

The Hawks swooped on a Pinetown property and seized drugs and manufacturing paraphernalia with a R1,4 million street value.

A man was arrested in Milnerton for the possession of drugs worth more than R18.6m. He is expected in court on Friday 26 March.

Frank Onyeka Nwaru – a Klerksdorp based drug kingpin – was convicted for dealing in drugs on Wednesday after being arrested in 2018.

Three suspects were sentenced to 16 years in jail for kidnapping a University of the Freestate student and holding him against his will to manufacture drugs.

Chiliboy Ralepelle won’t pursue his doping appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport after indicating he would contest his 8-year ban.

A drug syndicate, operating between Gauteng and Cape Town, was caught red-handed with copious amounts of Mandrax on Tuesday.

Drug networks that struggle with the heroin or meth market venture into the Mandrax space, says Richard Chelin, Researcher, at the EU-funded ENACT project.

The South African Institute of Drug-Free Sport has expressed concern over a multiple steroid test result from a 15-year-old schoolboy.

Police say a 47-year-old suspect who was arrested in the bust is due in court Monday.

Simone Jasmin was shot six times outside her home in Wentworth, where she had just gotten into an e-hailing cab

Seven people have been arrested for trying to sell the haul to a buyer. ARVs may have been intended for use in illegal drugs.

Hardly a week goes by without police seizing illegal goods on long-distance buses. A further R570 000-worth of drugs was found on Friday.

Man who spent much of his life in SA was arrested in 2018 with a large consignment of heroin intended for the US market.

Woman arrested after officers find nearly 7 000 Mandrax tablets hidden inside a sports bag in bus’s luggage trailer.

The Hawks in Durban have given little detail on the raid, but said the matter was still developing

Mandrax tablets and tik with a street value of more than R4-million found in a vehicle in Elsies River. Three under arrest.

The Hawks discovered 342.5kg of drugs in a false partition which was newly painted inside a truck in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.

The UN estimates that 20-40 tons of heroin enter Africa annually, but the actual amount may be much higher.

Police conducted search and seizure operations at three Pretoria homes on Wednesday, 5 August 2020

The Institute of Security Studies said the discovery of the illegal drug Wiz shows that new psychoactive substances are a reality in the country.

The K9 Unit from Sasolburg, received a tip off about a clandestine drug laboratory in Vaal Park area and followed it up

According to the Hawks, they had information on a “drug exchange” at the East London CBD, which then pushed them into action. One of the accused is no stranger to law enforcement and has a pending drug-related charge

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has called on all South Africans to join hands in the fight against the scourge of Gender-Based Violence

The total number of deaths due to opioid use disorders went up 71 per cent in 2018, with a 92 per cent increase among women compared with 63 per cent among men.

Two suspects have been arrested on a farm in Limpopo for being in possession of firearms, ammunition, drugs and drug manufacturing equipment.

A suspected drug mule caught with a consignment of heroin at the Lebombo border has been arrested and faces multiple charges.

A joint operation resulted in two suspects being arrested in separate incidents and significant amounts of mandrax being confiscated.

The three suspects aged, 25, 42 and 48 were arrested and charged for possession and dealing in dagga.

The cargo of heroin and crystal meth was intercepted at the Lebombo border between South Africa and Mozambique, with two suspects arrested.

Police said a large shipment of drugs including Mandrax and Dagga were confiscated. Two suspects have since been arrested.

The Hawks intercepted the truck carrying cocaine at a petrol station on the N1 highway in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A container holding ecstasy docked at the Cape Town Harbour. A 30-year-old man has since been arrested at his home in Durbanville.

The Hawks revealed that R16 million worth of cocaine, that arrived at the Durban harbour on 4 May, came from Brazil, South America.

A 56-year-old man from Johannesburg was arrested during a roadblock on Friday for smuggling drugs in his spare wheel.

Kathu Crime Prevention members swooped on a suspected drug den in the early hours of the morning of 4 May.

A joint operation from Durban’s combined police forces has managed to stop a ‘complex magic mushroom laboratory’ from operating during lockdown.

The demolished drug house in Upington will no longer be ‘a magnet for bad elements’.

Authorities found a large stash of substances worth R1.2 million.

Police in Kimberley have uncovered a drug laboratory with narcotics and equipment worth millions.

The Frances Baard Cluster SAPS Rapid Response Task Team, acting on a tip-off from the community, confiscated drugs to the tune of R1.7 million during a raid in Herlear.

Ramokone appeared before the Mbibane Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday, where she was remanded in custody, pending the outcome of her bail application

With drug busts cropping up often and more so now that it’s the festive season, we give you some of the biggest raids in the country in 2019.

Two suspects attempted to smuggle 350 mandrax tablets at Voorberg Prison, and MEC Fritz looks at eradicating the use of cellphones as it allegedly contributes to “organised crime”.

The two suspects are believed to be Nigerian nationals.

Dr Don Pinnock says the key to addressing gang violence in Cape Town lies in the criminalisation of illicit drug use.

Police are fighting against the open trade of drugs in the CBD.

Police found tik, cocaine, heroin, and ecstacy

A 37-year-old man has been arrested after heroin worth an estimated R4 million was seized at a plush Ballito residence.

Tshwane police are closing in on officers who have their hands muddied in the capital’s drug trade.

The campaign promises to continue intensifying efforts to combat substance abuse.

Karen Meyer says there is video evidence that proves that some police in Tshwane are benefiting from the illicit drug trade.

Police Minister Bheki Cele said the issue of drugs and illicit activities needs to be singled out and dealt with decisively in order to combat xenophobia.

The South African Police Service uncovered a mammoth shipment of cocaine inside of a secret compartment of a banana fridge.

The test is reportedly superior to urine testing because it can accurately tell whether or not someone has used cannabis within the last three hours.

The DA believe DIRCO CEO Caiphus Ramasha has been deliberately sabotaging the work of the International Relations Portfolio Committee.

Ellen: Die Storie van Ellen Pakkies, South Africa’s entry for the foreign film category of the 2019 Golden Globes, is now streaming on Showmax. This is why you should add the local classic to your watchlist.

Cape Town’s Top Cop called it a step in the right direction.

Pollsmoor prison says it will up the ante on security after a warden was caught with drugs.

Another win for the police, and a loss that will surely hurt the drug lords that pillage our streets.

Babsie was 23 years old when she was found with cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks.

The cocaine was reportedly found inside shampoo bottles of the luggage of a passenger who arrived on an Emirates flight from Dubai.

Another puzzling twist in the Marc Batchelor case has caught police by surprise: The discovery of a cocaine-filled tractor has got tongues wagging.

The never ending list of problems faced by Alexandra being revealed at the SAHRC inquiry is getting more shocking by the day.

Minister of justice and correctional services Ronald Lamola has released a statement addressing videos of inmates allegedly taking drugs in prison.

A search and patrol in a Cape Town township has led to location of illegal firearms and drugs.

The scourge of drugs is a minefield that everyone in our society has to traverse constantly. The International Day against Drug Abuse highlights the importance of supporting each other.

The United Nations General Assembly in 1987 decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse.

An operation between the Hawks, Upington K9 unit and Upington border police was launched after they learned the drugs were being moved by bus.

Fake news alert, says correctional services department.

Police struck a blow to a drug smuggling operation allegedly intent on using OR Tambo airport to transport heroin to Amsterdam.

Two dagga traffickers were caught green-handed on Monday morning, as The Hawks stopped a massive smuggling operation in the Cape.