The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit has secured a high court preservation order over a farm and several vehicles linked to the large-scale drug manufacturing operation in Swartruggens, North West.

The order, granted under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, follows a police and Hawks raid on the farm on 13 May, when officers uncovered “a sophisticated clandestine drug laboratory”.

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The NPA said the order was an important step in targeting the assets allegedly used in the operation, which police have said was linked to the manufacture of methamphetamine.

“Methamphetamine remains one of the most destructive illicit drugs affecting communities across South Africa. Its manufacture and distribution fuel organised crime, substance dependency, violence, and other serious social harms,” the NPA said.

The raid was carried out by Organised Crime Investigations and the

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