RIETFONTEIN – An intelligence driven operation led police to uncover a drug laboratory with an estimated value of R100 million in Rietfontein, Gauteng on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 and arrested a 39-year-old Mexican national. Following extensive surveillance conducted on the premises, a multi-disciplinary team comprising of the National and Provincial Organised Crime Investigations (Narcotics units),…

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Authorities have launched an investigation following serious allegations against a former contract employee of the local ward councillor, Shakeel Bhaktawer, who is also a member of the Laudium CPF. The CPF has suspended Baktawer and councillor Naeem Patel ended his contract two months ago when the allegations first surfaced. “The Laudium CPF has been made…

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