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Mandrax worth R300,000 was seized.
A motorcyclist was arrested in the Western Cape for possessing 6,000 mandrax tablets.
The estimated street value of the drugs is 300,000 rand.
The 35-year-old man was arrested in George on Saturday after the province’s Narcotics Section of Organized Crime Detectives received information that he was heading to Cape Town with a large shipment of drugs.
“The motorcyclist noticed members of the police entering George and turned off an exit ramp in an attempt to evade the police. A chase ensued and the vigilant members managed to stop the motorcycle on Knysna Road, George,” said Police spokesman Sergeant Chris Spies. .
Police searched the man and allegedly found the drugs.
He was arrested and charged with drug trafficking.
He is scheduled to appear in George Magistrates Court on Monday.
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