Five people were arrested after police swooped on a flat in downtown Joburg on Thursday morning and found a large quantity of drugs, the Hawks said.
It was presumed the drugs were crushed and sold from there, said spokesman McIntosh Polela.
The estimated street value was not immediately known.
Another two people were arrested for possession of drugs in Cape Town.
Police spokesman November Filander said one of them was arrested in Muizenburg on Thursday morning after police came across a suspicious man standing on a street.
Upon searching him they found an assortment of drugs including tik, cocaine, mandrax tablets and cash.
In an unrelated incident, a woman collecting a parcel containing cocaine was arrested at the Cape Mail Distribution Centre in Epping on Thursday.
“The cocaine, concealed in a steel pipe, was posted from Sao Paulo in Brazil,” said Filander.
The cocaine had an estimated street value of R300 000. – Sapa
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