JOHANNESBURG — Crystal cocaine worth an estimated street value of R17 million was seized yesterday at the Beitbridge border post with Zimbabwe, the South Africa Revenue Service (Sars) said.
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“The drugs were found concealed in a bag of surgical equipment kits being brought into the country by a female passenger on a long-distance bus travelling between Blantyre (Malawi) and Johannesburg,” it said in a statement.
The drugs were found by a Sars customs officer who was doing a routine check on the bus.
“When the bag was found, the passenger a whom it belonged showed the customs officer a ‘sample’ surgical kit which appeared to be genuine.
“However, on checking the remaining kits, the customs officer found a crystalline substance at the bottom of all the kits which had been concealed by the surgical instruments.”
The woman and the drugs were handed over to police.
