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The Delmas load

Delmas, South Africa · 10 October 2024

The record

Where
Delmas, South Africa
When
10 October 2024
Quantity
1 120 kg
  • 1 120 kg cannabis (from Eswatini)
Value
R4 700 000$261 110
Agencies
SAPS
Map of the Southern Route: from the Makran coast across the Indian Ocean to Tanzania and Mozambique, then by road and air into South Africa; the Atlantic cocaine vector; the outbound air vector to West Africa.The Lebombo corridor file — Badplaas, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 16 July 2023The region’s largest recorded seizure — Tanzania, 12–22 December 2023The Limpopo intercept — Limpopo, South Africa, 1 January 2024The Vilankulo seizure — Vilankulo, Mozambique, 5 March 2024The Delmas load — Delmas, South Africa, 10 October 2024The Beira landfall — Beira, Mozambique, 21 February 2025The false compartment — Lomahasha Border Post, Eswatini, 17–18 July 2025The outbound vector — Lagos, Nigeria — shipped from OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa, February 2024TPC headquarters — MaputoTANZANIAMOZAMBIQUESOUTH AFRICAMAKRAN COAST
On the route: Delmas

Five beats

How the case moved

The five beats of the public narrative. Agencies named; persons never.

  1. The TPC convenes

    The Eswatini cannabis vector sits on the trilateral picture.

  2. Intelligence shared

    Information on the load moving into South Africa is shared.

  3. Movement tracked

    The consignment moves from the Kingdom of Eswatini toward the Gauteng market.

  4. Interdiction

    10 October 2024, Delmas: 1 120 kg of cannabis seized.

  5. The network followed

    The cannabis route from Eswatini is recorded alongside the heroin and methamphetamine corridors.

Outcome

1 120 kg of cannabis, valued at R4 700 000.

Gallery

Evidence

From the TPC’s public presentation. Faces are pixelated; plates, documents and signage are blurred. The redaction is the message.

No imagery is published for this file.

Next step

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