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.<\/p>\n
It was presumed the drugs were crushed and sold from there, said spokesman McIntosh Polela.<\/p>\n
The estimated street value was not immediately known.<\/p>\n
Another two people were arrested for possession of drugs in Cape Town.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Upon searching him they found an assortment of drugs including tik, cocaine, mandrax tablets and cash.<\/p>\n
In an unrelated incident, a woman collecting a parcel containing cocaine was arrested at the Cape Mail Distribution Centre in Epping on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cocaine, concealed in a steel pipe, was posted from Sao Paulo in Brazil,\u201d said Filander.<\/p>\n
The cocaine had an estimated street value of R300 000. \u2013 Sapa<\/p>\n<\/p>\n