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The Vilankulo seizure

Vilankulo, Mozambique · 5 March 2024

The record

Where
Vilankulo, Mozambique
When
5 March 2024
Quantity
326 kg
  • 326 kg methamphetamine
Value
R91 279 908.72$5 071 106.04
Agencies
PRM · SERNIC
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: Vilankulo

Five beats

How the case moved

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

  1. The TPC convenes

    A targeted courier associated with a Mozambican target is placed on the picture.

  2. Intelligence shared

    SERNIC monitors the target on the basis of shared information.

  3. Movement tracked

    Movement along the Mozambican coast is followed.

  4. Interdiction

    5 March 2024, Vilankulo: 326 kg of methamphetamine seized.

  5. The network followed

    The Tanzanian–Mozambican axis of the network is confirmed on the record.

Outcome

326 kg of methamphetamine, valued at R91 279 908.72 — the figure the legacy site misstated as 362 kg.

Gallery

Evidence

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

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    Packages from the Vilankulo seizure laid along a corridor; person pixelated
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    Bags of seized methamphetamine outside a police building in Vilankulo; signage blurred, person pixelated
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    Forensic staff examining the Vilankulo packages; faces pixelated
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    Officers with the stacked Vilankulo seizure; faces pixelated

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