Two men were arrested for allegedly operating a Mandrax factory in Strand, Western Cape police said.
|||Strand - Two men were arrested for allegedly operating a Mandrax factory in Strand, Western Cape police said on Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said the men, aged 37 and 57, were pulled over in a green Chevrolet on Beach Road on Thursday afternoon because they looked suspicious.
The police recognised one of the men as a drug manufacturer they arrested last year in Nyanga.
The investigation led officers to a flat in George Road, where they seized containers with methaqualine and Mandrax powders in the bedroom.
“A Mandrax press (used to manufacture the tablets) and a number of punches for use in the press were also seized,” Traut said.
The powders, estimated to be worth a considerable amount on the street, would be examined by a forensic laboratory.
The men would appear in the Strand Magistrate's Courts on Monday.
“The seizure is thus regarded as a significant success in our endeavours to root out drugs,” Traut said. - Sapa