CRIME SCENE: Garden Route, Southern Cape: Five suspects are behind bars after a significant drug busts here.

The drug seizures in Ladismith and Kwanokuthula had a combined estimated street value of R142 000.

In the first incident, during the early morning hours of Sunday, 3 May 2026, Kwanokuthula police acted on information about a suspicious vehicle traveling along the N2 highway. The vehicle was intercepted in Wilderman Street, Phase 03.

A search was done and 13,5 kilograms of dagga with an estimated street value of R104 000 was discovered. Four suspects aged between 26 and 47-years were arrested, each facing charges of dealing in drugs.

In the second incident, on Monday, 4 May 2026 at around midday, Ladismith police conducted a raid at a house in Uilkraal, 90 mandrax tablets and 110 sachets of tik were discovere. A 29-year- old man was arrested on charges of dealing in drugs.