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A 62 year old man was arrested last night, Monday 11 February in Tzaneen during a Intelligence Driven Joint operation for manufacturing and concocting drugs.
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“A sting joint operation composed of the Tzaneen Cluster Crime Intelligence, the Provincial Drug Team, the Detectives and the Tzaneen Cluster OCC, was conducted in the Tzaneen Policing area. During this operation, a drug-lab was uncovered in a house within the Tzaneen CBD area,” Colonel Moatshe Ngeope said.
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The suspect, believed to be the drug lord, was nabbed.
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A high quantity of dagga and mushrooms were discovered.
The estimated value of the recovered drugs is over R500 000.
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Letaba Herald is still on the scene.
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