The police’s Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) and Western Cape Organised Crime detectives have seized 15 bricks of cocaine — worth an estimated street value of R18 million from a storage facility — in the heart of the Cape Town CBD.
According to authorities, they received a tip-off that narcotics and firearms were being housed at a storage facility in Roeland Street. This led to the arrest and detention of a 40-year-old alleged drug dealer, on Tuesday.
The man faces charges including; dealing in drugs and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. Western Cape Provincial SAPS spokesperson Frederick Van Wyk explained what transpired:
“Armed with intelligence about drugs and firearms being stored at the mentioned address, the members operationalised the information and pounced on the self-storage facility where they found the suspect (male) at one of the units. They conducted a search of the unit upon which they discovered 15 bricks of cocaine of about 15 kilograms (1kg each) with an estimated street value of R18 million as well as one AK 47 rifle, an Uzzi, five 9mm pistols and an assortment of ammunition,” Van Wyk said.
The suspect is scheduled to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court once charged.
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