Suspect arrested for allegedly transporting cocaine

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Mpumalanga has made a major breakthrough with the apprehending of a 23-year-old man with about R4 583 370 worth of suspected cocaine on the N4 freeway during a minor accident in Valencia near Nelspruit on Thursday afternoon.

According to a police report, a white KIA bakkie pulling a trailer was traveling on the N4 road when the trailer somehow broke from the truck, resulting in a slight accident.

The police from Nelspruit SAPS attended the accident scene and on arrival discovered that the courier vehicle had spilled about eight crates of a white powder.

As members were suspicious, they called their counterparts from the K9 Unit of the police as well as members from Directorate for Priority Crime Investigative (DPCI) Unit.

Substances found, weighing at about 11 kilograms and suspected to be cocaine, became subject to a police investigation.

An inquiry was opened and the confiscated substances will undergo tests while the driver was taken in for further questioning.

Police believe the consignment could have been on its way to places in the Gauteng province, however, investigators will share more light as the probe continues.

Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela, commended members for their vigilance and reiterated a call for members of the public to work hand in hand with the police in the fight against crime. – SAnews.gov.za