Limpopo Hawks arrest four suspects in R2bn drug bust

Law enforcement authorities say the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo is a major contributor to the country's drug manufacturing and trafficking activities.
This after members of the Hawks busted and dismantled the largest drug manufacturing laboratory in the country at a farm outside Groblersdal in the Sekhukhune region.
Four suspects, including two Mexican nationals, were arrested.
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[@mmeme5861]

Thank you Thank you.....that's is all I can say as a Mother of teenage boys and girls

[@johnsmith-zy7xg]

South Africa's own Breaking Bad...! We also have a Walter White (Wouter Wit?)! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@siphokhumalo193]

💀💀💀

[@sebastianfortuin1318]

They said that ceo of eskom was lying when he said the cartel is in the country meddeling in eskom affairs! There we go

[@Houseofexperiencesza_podcast]

No a foreign person will come establish this in the community without the knowledge of the indigenous peoples being in charge who is the owner of the farm

[@King.spit1]

pipe down...he literally said the maxican owns the far and the community is the one that ratted him out... dont just jump to be contrevetial

[@AfrikaBorwaPoliticking]

People are literally ignoring the farmer. Frederick Botha brought these people in from Mexico.

[@thandisilec835]

@@AfrikaBorwaPolitickinghe’s been arrested as the Hawks says they arrested the owner of the property amongst Mexicans

[@ConnieNakeng-wv1bl]

​@@King.spit1 he said one of the south African owns the farm. Not Mexican

[@tombimashri8149]

So Gayton Mckenzie was right

[@marywangari2555]

Let's start by how they came into the country because they don't have wings

[@Rooi_Online]

As for not having wings😂😆 and that's true.

[@harley1450ification]

They are connected to the very top politicians. Don't even think these guys work alone.

[@FrancinaBuda]

True ​@@harley1450ification

[@user-ng6zw4iz6m]

Anc ministers are involved who's the farm ownwer??

[@SindiswaNtsibantu]

​@@user-ng6zw4iz6mEFF people

[@Bluecollarjoe6B9]

Our borders are comprised

[@nkosingiphiledlamini5278]

Even Airport security is just clowning in this case...I just geard SAns and Mexicans. South Africa is just weak and Devil is Destroying our beloved country with drugs simple because it has weak laws

[@Dupedupedean]

Compromised 😢

[@Point-taken]

​@@DupedupedeanAnd that up there is called a typing error, or you say a 'typo'?

[@stoicrecovery]

The Cartels have been here for quite some time, SA is badly governed and has multiple shipping ports, we are the money laundring capital of the world, it just makes sense that Cartels would start up here, if the meth can be made here it just has to get sent to destination countries, making the trip less risky. Someone didnt get his bribe this month so a raid happened

[@blessed3236]

Holy Spirit our helper take over in the name of Jesus Christ.

[@nosiphimalaza1974]

But it was ur brothers are the kinpins

[@truth-Hurts375]

Grow a brain !!!!

[@nosiphimalaza1974]

@@truth-Hurts375 🤷‍♂️

[@FrancinaBuda]

Amen

[@TS-jw6tp]

Government officials r definitely involved in missions n no doubt about it

[@AfrikaBorwaPoliticking]

Why is nobody focused on the Farmer?? Frederick Botha. I find it interesting that People are focused on the Mexicans and not on the farmer who allowed this to happen on his property. In the same way that a week ago a farmer was caught selling lions to a Vietnamese men, he too was a Farmer. Another one, a farmer months ago was caught with copper that that was stolen from public infrastructure. he too was white since race is so important to people and guess who was cutting the copper for him, gentleman from Zimbabwe that he works with and yet these are the same people who like to talk about corruption but they are also involved in that corruption

[@tam1641]

U will not get any response. These does not fit their agenda

[@YT-xk5jl]

It’s not interesting. In a country like SA with many self hating Africans who love and worship Europeans and Asians, it’s normal. That’s the norm so how can it be interesting

[@dududugwala1059]

Why vele

[@mahomedhaffajee9710]

Because he is the chairperson of Afriforum. It goes deep 😂

[@AfrikaBorwaPoliticking]

@@mahomedhaffajee9710 Is this TRUE????

[@codesagecoder1639]

So this confirms that we now have Mexican cartels, like El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel operating in the country, or they've always been a part of the drug trade just that now its coming to light. Something else to note is that Limpopo, where this lab was discovered is a stronghold of the EFF, and home to its leader Julius Malema; a party whose primary donor is one Adriano Mazzotti, who has been linked alongside other underworld figures such as Yester-Garrido, and Glen Agliotti as one of the biggest drug trafficers in South Africa... Just saying.

[@fin2643]

Who is running the country?? Is it malema or your GNU??? Is malema in charge of the police??? Is he in charge of limpopo province?? There was a drug bust in cape town last year , was the DA responsible since they are running cape town??

[@RastaAfricanGentleman]

Actually, the Colombian cartel was here first in the 80s

[@mmeme5861]

Yha nhe our kids are dead....

[@petrosdlamini1761]

Remember Glen.

[@collanawaseb8945]

Why are you lying, ANC is the majority party in limpopo, you are suffering from selfhate.

[@lloydmathoto1390]

And you expect us to remain put, if we want them out of our country you say we are xenophobic, sies man

[@davidanselmo4041]

Who do u want to move out😂😂masipa

[@MichaelGawesebmainone]

2 billion and you only arrest 4, seems you pounced to soon. You could have learned a lot through surveillance, including customer and arrest more big guns

[@realchattv4389]

My mans watching too many Netflix specials

[@teachings2800]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@khulisokenneth1785]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@realchattv4389

[@politelyimpolite]

The Police Commissioner said that that place was "infested" with foreign nationals. Hectic.

[@SlekelekeSwela-du4mw]

@politelyimpolite hahahaha he was being politely impolite

[@bhekinkosidlamini2408]

Mexican nationals not African/Nigerian is that right?

[@YT-xk5jl]

The farm owner, a Dutch/ European born in SA aided and abetted them. Don’t try to shift the focus. The so called foreigners were arrested but the farm owner must also be dealt with

[@YT-xk5jl]

The farm owner, a Dutch/ European born in SA aided and abetted them. Don’t try to shift the focus. The so called foreigners were arrested but the farm owner who may very well be the mastermind of all this must also be dealt with.

[@DyvercityPossibility]

Three cheers for the community members!!!! who are exposing these unlawful activities recently taking place in our country. There is hope in our people for a better, safe, and secure life. 🙏 🎉❤

[@user-dw9cw6wh7w]

These people are a working together with some of the SAPS members, how can we have a factory of drugs without a south African involvement......some of the residents now everything

[@fancyIOP]

Mexicans should be bringing tacos in SA not manufacturing drugs in SA.

[@stuartrobertse9617]

Don't forget the Tequila? 😮

[@esefamoso2255]

China provides the chemicals not mexicans.

[@teachings2800]

I really crave those tacos 😂

[@duanemnisi3721]

@@stuartrobertse9617 😂

[@kingpeta8322]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rwiese4632]

Great work !!!! 💯

[@praisemukonkole7023]

No Nigerians involved thank you lord

[@tanyachappen8868]

Yes not this case but majority cases Nigerians are involved

[@timmyditsele8831]

For now,

[@mankgabanemantlaneni2438]

They probably buy their stock from this pp n sell in the streets

[@yummydishes2279]

Nah bro! The whole allegations against Nigeria was hate and envy motivated, I'm not saying all Nigerians in SA are innocent however the way South Africans exaggerate it is just mind blowing. In Thailand there are South Africans in there prison for drug trafficking, they just believe they are saint

[@lezzsebothoma]

​@@yummydishes2279 the South Africans are sent to Thailand by Nigerian kingpins

[@grizeldaproger1533]

Thank you thank you thank you

[@farhanatoerien3437]

The beers in the back 😂😂 those workers be taking it chill on the bosses time

[@mphiwacharles3800]

that's a results of open borders and foreigners .

[@bhekinkosidlamini2408]

Do you know what is meant by open border? Or you just being naive. Just ask what OPEN BORDER MEANS

[@YT-xk5jl]

@mphiwacharles3800 Oh and let me guess Malema (who’s not even in power) and open borders (as if the borders were ever closed!) are also to be blamed for nyaope, domestic abuse, teen pregnancies. Clap for yourself. You are living proof that your brain is simply a decoration, never to be utilized m

[@marlethaschultze6937]

How can a organization like that be set up and operate without local involvement from gov/law inform. officials? This does not happen in one day....😢

[@truth-Hurts375]

Owner of a farm ???? 🤔🤔🤔

[@khwezelihleshongwe5271]

It's stated in the video

[@khwezelihleshongwe5271]

It's stated in the video

[@lloydmathoto1390]

We have tolerated rubish for a long time, this has to stop

[@thembimaseko9600]

We are in trouble I wonder what is foreign minister doing.

[@mphiwacharles3800]

she was busy interfering with palestine and Israel conflict

[@Chinekewhowwww]

The anc knew about this all along

[@noreenm5018]

@richardmandulo, so when did you know that the ANC knew about this particular drug factory? Who in the ANC knew about it? From your statement you were also aware of illegal drug factory and you kept quite? Are you also part of the criminal syndicate manufacturing in that farm? Please share more because you are eventually willing to talk about the matter.

[@sarahmelodingvirginia2043]

ÝYYYES SA IS FINISH ONDER LEADERSHIP OF 👉 A N C

[@tebogohlophe3062]

They're benefitting handsomely from such laboratories..

[@Down_with_Scammers]

Where was Drug hunter. 🤣

[@LenoThutu]

Anc know everthing

[@sarahmelodingvirginia2043]

Yes as you can c brown envelope was THICK and heavy I agree ANC KNOWS I AM NOT SURPRISE

[@LesibaMasobya]

Not only anc some people also

[@ferdinandikeghagu8752]

No Nigerian involved, but South Africans😢. That's why nobody is posting it on twitter (X) or fbk. Nobody is talking about it. Until SAns start fighting drug issues as crime not nationality, it will never stop

[@DigsWigs2022]

Nigerians are always involved. May be in the distribution of it, not in manufacturing this time. But always involved. Watch Sizokuthola tv show.

[@maritzaretief367]

i came here from twitter, what are you talking about?

[@SpazzEDWorld]

Fusek, Nigerians should be the last people to comment about drug trafficking because that's their bread N butter.

[@AndyKhozas-SA]

Nigerians are a menace all over the world what are you on about. Let us fix our country in peace you worry about lagos🙄

[@YT-xk5jl]

I agree. I didn’t even know about this until I saw a video by a KZbinr

[@SililoPofu]

They must stay in jail forever

[@reaobakatshotetsi1043]

Kids don't do drugs. Someone is basically ruining your life.

[@rocknrollajohnnyquid876]

2 bill😂 imagine the labs out there that paid them off

[@nosiphimalaza1974]

Rough estimations,it includes materials and not market values

[@Amviosify]

Meth goes for 350-400 a gram cut.. Uncut is prolly 600-800 this is gang gang money

[@EsterMoyo-ms1mc]

Why do south Africans always having side if South Africans are found guilty ,every wrong thing its always from foreigners ayi fuseki nina nani niyizigebengu nxaaa

[@AndyKhozas-SA]

Ok but we are in our own country not zimbabwe or lagos asihluphi muntu in the rest of Africa get that😏

[@annamojapelo2292]

Why sre you fotsekising SAcans in their country ,haibo.Nawe

[@YT-xk5jl]

@AndyKhozas-lv1 still not an excuse to blame everything on “foreigners” and shift blame when a South African national is involved.

[@annamojapelo2292]

@@EsterMoyo-ms1mc Nani

[@lusanic9288]

So South Africa just lost 2bn in exports😂😂😂

[@rinky17888]

EFF knew about this drug lab all along . They normally knows everything as they would always preach

[@fin2643]

Where was the GNU police??? Where was your intelligence?? Since when is malema the minister of home affairs or police...

[@YT-xk5jl]

EFF also knew that foolish 30% pass rate people like you would start your trail of propaganda and lies.

[@TlholoheloMokgere]

Thank you so much

[@NgolaNalane]

They will act like they didn't know this has been happening

[@AnthonyGoodman-sq9ly]

No law in South Africa

[@Bellah226]

2bn...Politicians are involved here even the police.

[@akhonazikalale981]

Lets hope this drug will not gone missing

[@tkasiam8322]

We have a serious crisis in this country, the president should give the issue of illegal immigrants a serious attention. CRY,OUR BELOVED COUNTRY 😢

[@user-en9vk5xk6l]

Do you even have a country ?

[@realchattv4389]

This story is so wild, we’ve got Mexicans

[@user-zg1hj6dd8k]

Just imagine if the foreign nationals were Nigerians💔😂😂😂.

[@thabangand]

Sauth africa is a movie

[@danubeway]

Suddenly, no one in the comments mentioned the word foreigners, Is this because the accused are not Africans?

[@SoultyBoiBeats]

Now they can go bust phala phala, might be more dollas over there

[@GoneViral_Channel]

You love going out of context yooh

[@user-yj7pw2lt5q]

We have really serious issues to deal with. U are busy telling us about non founded Phala plala saga. Thus annoying if not embarrassing 🙄

[@user-sd5fm7vt1q]

You have arrested them yes but what next ??

[@LuckyBoyVEVO]

£85/86 Million wow that’s crazy

[@LindiweShange-gn7mc]

iLimpopo isinokusiphuz' inyongo siyiSatafrika

[@SfisoMoloko-jf9zo]

Who is the farm belong too I'm 100% sure Afrikaaner boys

[@YT-xk5jl]

Fredrick Botha. European/ Dutch guy tied to Afriforum

[@mvubu6823]

The CARTELS are here

[@mamasmosoathu1364]

All hidden areas in the bushes should be visited... Let the communities get involved in this task. Children suffered a lot from this poison called Nyaupe...

[@YT-xk5jl]

SABC do you think we don’t see your bias? If these were Zimbabweans or Nigerians (Africans) your title would have been “Foreigners arrested in drug lab bust”. But because these are Mexicans not Africans you hardly even refer to them as foreigners

[@esthermani6376]

They don't see their bias

[@theresistance3261]

No Zimbabwean or Nigerian are you sure

[@Gomez-m5s]

You are trying to find fault but unfortunately there's none, it's is the rainbow 🌈 nation doing this heinous thing.

[@thandekandlovu436]

Mina i need a job pls plug drugs or no drugs😢

[@ndivhuwojudith4271]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@tiromakhudu3817]

2 billion? a whole 2 billion? something doesn't sound right

[@sir_smith_sa]

2 billion😮

[@user-pt9cc2sb5t]

😂😂😂

[@everythingButTheRat]

@@user-pt9cc2sb5t 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gregorykhayelihle2098]

😂 South Africa is a real movie for real.. our own breaking bad😂.

[@ntombzanelediale7693]

Our country has turn into Mexico..

[@neosekele2830]

SA honestly is becoming more and more dangerous to live in guys

[@LwandileMadolo-zk6yh]

International Mafia's not individuals chief.

[@jiwwo1799]

Ngangithi kuneZinhloli nje eSAfrica Pple who suppose to protect our country from anything that is Harmful to the citizens..pho kwenzakalani???

[@jossykunutu2175]

Bravo guys

[@elyaaskarbelkar4572]

When you have police chiefs that find it hard to speak English😮

[@stephenmachipi9708]

What? And you are aware they are not native English speakers?

[@Blackkavanje]

Hhaykona....the guy is not South African himself....his accent is some how Rushian Engilsh...a bit of north African Accent...😢

[@clifekomana9409]

His South African. English men don't know sepedi so stfu

[@AfrikaBorwaPoliticking]

Its not his language, do you expect a japanese officer to be fluent in English or is that want only reserved for South Africans

[@yetagain0]

I'm sure you're one of those people who assume that just because a person is fluent in English they're automatically INTELLIGENT🤦‍♂

[@phaqyou2]

Walter Sithole and Jabulani Pinkman In Breaking bad: whats klapping in South Africa boet?

[@MrBalo77us]

Imagine R2bil mexico and south-africa

[@sandileshongwe4764]

Kani le reporter ikhuluma njani le 😂

[@breachperplex8846]

Free them boys

[@user-gn4ln5rg2y]

People are doing things 🙌🙆

[@Bvanyangu352]

Thèn you blame Nigerians

[@ezebunwochinda2006]

It's done out of ha te

[@sabbiestrp3385]

Boma 2 billion😶😶

[@supa7skrp]

700 drillion

[@ayanda1278]

About 700 quadrillion. 😂😂

[@blackgerman4238]

GNU at work cousin 👊🏽🇿🇦💯

[@siyabongasingata2304]

I can go to jail for R2 Billion🤞😂😂

[@YT-xk5jl]

So you find this funny? If these were Nigerians would you find it so funny?

[@shepherdkalinchenga9005]

I thought nigerians and zimbabweqns did all the drug dealings in South Africa

[@nosiphimalaza1974]

2 Mexican and 2 South African?i thought it's only Nigerians that deals with drugs?..South African on lin nuisances how far?

[@aykay9328]

There r foreigners who r South Africans

[@MissSlenda]

The fact remains that Nigerians are well-known as drug manufacturers that won't change. Secondly, no one said South Africans are not criminals or don't deal with drugs. What the citizens are talking about every time arrests are made, there's always a foreigner involved. Citizens argue that foreigner do as they please while South Africans behave when they are in foreign countries and they are criminals in they own countries, which foreigners fail to do to behave.

[@mamamarius]

Manufacturing, distribution, smuggling, selling. Mexicans, Pakistanis, South Africans, Nigerians, etc. BRICS trading bricks...

[@thandekandlovu436]

Money is money 😅😅

[@nosiphimalaza1974]

@@thandekandlovu436 Money na Water 🤣

[@darrenius]

My 2 cents - but seeing people in the background just standing there - who have not relevance to the interview - but poorly just to be on TV - just annoy me

[@DephenyMolebale]

Please carry on reaching those farms the is illegal things happening the chemicals are prohibited in farms please check again

[@Loaded_Instinct33]

Someone will get the drop in the coming days who snitched R2bn of weight?

[@mzwakhe3219]

Amanyora lawa

[@user-wc4ls9gt6s]

Are they Nigerians

[@PatriciaMvulana]

South African borders weee, don't know what to say as am from Sekhukhune.

[@chriatinemogne2835]

What happened to them

[@michaelmbatha7870]

It means they got other branch in countries like zimbwawe & Mozambique

[@BrownSugar_Endeavors]

I blame Trevor Noah. He said the Mexicans never came over to South Africa with their tacos. They listened...now they came with....uTrevor Nowah!

[@siphokhumalo193]

2 Billion??🤔 riiight... we believe you hey😏

[@ronniemavhunga]

So it's 2 SOUTH AFRICANS and 2 Mexicans but I know the focus will be on the Mexicans.

[@Iam_Panashe]

I thinks It's best to say Mexicans not foreign nationals

[@zamamanana1124]

A few days ago I don't think so I think they got caught and now they say that a few days ago 😢😢😢😢

[@norm3523]

Opioid?

[@truth-Hurts375]

Crystal Meth....Tik !!!

[@Yoyo-e8c]

Ramaphosa what is happening in our beloved Country?

[@calvinmphuthi7407]

"The other one is obviously coming from the Gauteng province"😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@politelyimpolite]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nellysitshinga4535]

It will never happend at Botswana this nosens we are not playing

[@gamingbraveheart831]

You blame foreigners for crime in uk and you can find yourself before the courts. Not very inclusive 😂

[@user-gp2qf2qt7l]

How many billions were made since they were in that farm n not only that farm we still have a lot of them so bett6we reclaim our land

[@mahalimotaba1941]

Ba Laheile Ke Noamali

[@sarahmelodingvirginia2043]

BANA 👯‍♂️👯‍♀️👫 ke mehau ka tlasa PUSO ya RONA BA laehile

[@Sebastianmhera2214]

If those were Zimbabweans you could hear 👂

[@Papa_juju]

Groblersdal.....That's my home town😢😢😢😢

[@PlanetPlutour]

Heisenberg shame

[@ahmedabdi7102]

Oh no the cartels are here 😢

[@anotherperson2253]

Mexico is a major exporter of avocadoes and drugs to the USA, It is not surprising that mapumalanga with its avo industry should be an ideal location for drug manufacturers to piggy back on avocado exports

[@YT-xk5jl]

They are not drug manufactures, they are criminal drug lords. Imagine trying to downplay this just because they are not African