Limpopo police hail Musina community for tip-off on crystal meth lab

Limpopo Police Commissioner Jan Scheepers has expressed gratitude to the community of Musina for providing police with information about an industrial-scale crystal meth lab found on a farm in Musina.

Police conducted a raid on a suspected clandestine drug lab on Thursday evening, where they seized crystal meth, also known as tik, as well as equipment worth an estimated value of R600 million.

Five people were arrested and an undisclosed amount of cash was also confiscated. #sapsLIM [BREAKING: MASSIVE DRUG LAB UNCOVERED] At this hour, Police in Limpopo uncovered a massive drug manufacturing operation worth an estimated R600 MIL in Musina, Limpopo.

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More details to follow soon. #DrugLab #DrugsOffTheStreets ME pic.twitter.com/yFjHl7vzQy — SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) August 21, 2026 Scheepers says the matter is under investigation and more arrests are imminent.

“I must first of all commend our community members because remember, police cannot fight crime alone.

We do that with the help of our community.

So the community gave us information, we were monitoring the place for about two months and then there was a multidisciplinary operation and in that operation we also arrested two Mexican nationals, two from Zimbabwe, and one from Malawi.

So, I’m very happy that really when the community provides information to us that we really go there and execute the operation and we bring the results back to the community.” Video | More arrests expected in Limpopo drug bust: