A crime intelligence driven operation resulted in the discovery of R20 million worth of cocaine at a small holding in Midrand, Gauteng.
The South African Police Service (SAPS) said that on Tuesday evening (28 October 2025), a multidisciplinary team led by Crime Intelligence Head Office inclusive of Gauteng Organised crime unit, SAPS JHB K9 and members of the Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC) were following up on information of drugs that were being stored at a plot in Blue Hills, Midrand.
According to further investigation, the drugs were brought into South Africa from a neighbouring country and were destined for Cape Town, Western Cape.
The cocaine was found hidden in a storage room on the identified plot.
A 56-year-old man who is believed to be the owner of the plot has been arrested and the cocaine weighing about 80 kg has been seized.
The suspect is expected to appear before the Midrand Magistrate’s Court later on this week, on a possible charge of possession of drugs as well as dealing in drugs.
The huge cocaine seizure comes two weeks after a massive R65 million drug bust off Durban Harbour on 12 October. In that incident, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) led an intelligence-driven raid on a vessel, seizing thirty bricks of narcotics from its refrigeration unit.
