Another suspected drug laboratory uncovered in Soweto

Police have uncovered yet another suspected drug manufacturing laboratory in Gauteng in Meadowlands, Soweto.

Three suspects aged 21, 24 and 25 have been arrested.

The bust is the latest in a string of mandrax laboratory discoveries across the province recently, highlighting growing concern about the scale of illicit drug production in the province.

BREAKING NEWS | Police have uncovered another suspected drug manufacturing laboratory in Meadowlands, Soweto, Gauteng.

Four suspects have been arrested. https://t.co/zh6tdn9b9y — SABC News (@SABCNews) October 16, 2026 Last week, police uncovered a suspected multi-million-rand drug manufacturing laboratory at a farm in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg.

Crime Intelligence and the Hawks found quantities of mandrax and ecstasy tablets at the premises, where five suspects were arrested.