Ecards Homeloans Mobile Magic Myiafrica. 14 Mar 2001 Methaqualone powder, the main ingredient in the manufacturing of mandrax tablets, with a street value of R180-million, has been seized at a depot in City Deep, Johannesburg. Police spokesperson Mary Martins-Engelbrecht says police seized 71 boxes of the powder on Houer Street during a routine investigation yesterday afternoon. She says the 1 770kg consignment had been sent to Johannesburg from Durban.
Police expect to make arrests soon and nobody has claimed the boxes yet.