Overview

• The raid at a Volksrust farm followed a tip-off about a strong chemical smell coming from the property.
• Officers seized precursor chemicals, manufacturing equipment, and crystal meth packaged in lunch boxes and buckets stored in freezers.
• Five detainees are from a North American country and the sixth is the farm caretaker, with preliminary checks indicating the five were in South Africa illegally.
• Two additional suspects believed to be from West African countries fled into nearby bushes and remain at large.
• Forensic teams processed the scene and transferred the case to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations for potential charges under the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act and the Immigration Act.