Kimberly – Police in the Northern Cape have swooped on major drug lords throughout the province and drugs with an estimated street value of more than R6 million, including 4.85 kilogrammes of cocaine, have been seized in the first seven days of this month.

In one operation, 4.85 kilogrammes of cocaine, with an estimated street value of R4.85 million, was confiscated from a house in Upington, while in Kimberley more than R750 000 in dagga, on its way to the Dingaan Hostel in Galeshewe, was intercepted.

A 21-year-old man, Spamandla Ndlovu, appeared in the Upington Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with the cocaine.

He will remain in police custody and the case was remanded until Thursday next week (October 15) for a formal bail application.

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