NORTHERN CAPE – Saturday, 11 October 2025, Kimberley Public Order Police (POP) received information of suspicious activities taking place in Galeshewe location in Kimberley. Upon their arrival after assessing the scene they summoned Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation’s Serious Organised Crime Investigations standby team. The team discovered large consignment of medicine (tablets and bottled mixtures) as well as cash amounting to just below R160 000.
The consignment included 114 bottles of Painogon syrup, 100 bottles of Stilpaine syrup, 100 bottles of Broncleer syrup, 30 bottles of lenazineforte syrup, 431 of mylon tablets.
The price of each bottle was R60.
The team felt a very strong smell of high-grade dagga coming from another room in the same yard prompting a search, a large quantity of dagga contained in black plastic bags estimated to be worth at least R90 000 was discovered and seized for further investigation. The team could not link the dagga to anyone as no one was found in the room, investigation on linkage is continuing.
Police arrested a couple of Zimbabwean nationals. It is reported that the two operated an illegal pharmacy and dispensed medicine without any qualifications in contravention of Sections of Medicine control Act. The couple both aged 34, will make their first court appearance on Monday, 13 October 2025 at Kimberley Magistrate Court.
An illegal pharmacy and dagga den were found in Galeshewehttps://t.co/vSzisRjsf4#ArriveAlive #DrugsOffTheStreets @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/MlNJN4v6SD
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) October 13, 2025
