Members of Edenvale SAPS’ crime prevention unit assisted with a special operation which led to the discovery of a drug lab in Kempton Park.
The bust took place on Sunday last week and resulted in three arrests.
According to provincial spokesperson for the SAPS, Lieutenant Colonel Katlego Mogale, police officers made the arrests at a smallholding in Kempton Park following a tip-off.
One man tried to run away when he saw police arriving, dropping a bag containing about a kilogram of khat, a plant, in the process.
During a search of the premises, two more people, including a man believed to be a priest, were arrested.
Police found cocaine, chemicals, and other drugs in the house as well as an estimated R1-million worth of equipment.
