
Mpumalanga Police Dismantle R350 Million Crystal Meth Lab, Arrest Six
Ermelo, Eugene Smith
26 September
Volksrust – September 2025
Police in Mpumalanga have shut down a clandestine crystal methamphetamine laboratory worth an estimated R350 million, dealing a heavy blow to the province’s drug trade. The joint operation, carried out on Friday, 19 September 2025, in Oudehoutkloof near Volksrust, led to the arrest of five Mexican nationals and one South African.