CRIME SCENE: Bellville, Cape Town: Police have seized a big stash of the drug Khat hidden in a shop.

The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Operation Prosper on Tuesday, 15 September 2026 followed up on information about drugs at a premises in Voortrekker Road Bellville.

SAPS said while searching the premises, they found 60 bundles of Khat hidden in the shop. They arrested a 24-year-old foreign national for possession of drugs.

Operation Prosper members also conducted stop-and-search operations in Daffodil Street, Heinz Park. While doing this they searched a male and found 14 small packets containing Tik in his possession. The 23-year-old suspect was arrested for the possession of drugs.