Two people have been arrested after they were found in possession of a date rape drug as well as dagga plants and products, with an estimated value of R60,000.
The duo, aged 25 and 33, were arrested after police conducted a search operation at a house in Lansdowne in Cape Town on Monday afternoon.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said police had received information that the drugs were brought in from Durban.
Traut said police found 200 rohypnol tablets valued at around R30,000 and dagga plants and products also valued at R 30,000. An undisclosed amount of money and two cars were also confiscated.
"We have reason to believe that the rohypnol tablets were earmarked for sexual crimes against women."
The two are expected to appear in court soon.
According to Cape Town based GP, Dr Solly Lison, Rohypnol used to be a tasteless, colourless dissolvable tablet and was much stronger than its current form - which has been changed to include a substance which turns liquids blue and which adds a bitter taste.
"They used to drop the tablets into the drinks because it was dissolved and you didn't know there was anything in there. It then induces sleep but also with a retrograde amnesia, so you don't remember what was going on before you went to sleep," he said. "Because of that retrograde amnesia, I think that's why these guys started to use it."
- Additional reporting by Aron Hyman
Cape Town pair busted with date rape drug rohypnol
Drugs believed to have been transported from Durban
Image: Western Cape police
Two people have been arrested after they were found in possession of a date rape drug as well as dagga plants and products, with an estimated value of R60,000.
The duo, aged 25 and 33, were arrested after police conducted a search operation at a house in Lansdowne in Cape Town on Monday afternoon.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said police had received information that the drugs were brought in from Durban.
Traut said police found 200 rohypnol tablets valued at around R30,000 and dagga plants and products also valued at R 30,000. An undisclosed amount of money and two cars were also confiscated.
"We have reason to believe that the rohypnol tablets were earmarked for sexual crimes against women."
The two are expected to appear in court soon.
According to Cape Town based GP, Dr Solly Lison, Rohypnol used to be a tasteless, colourless dissolvable tablet and was much stronger than its current form - which has been changed to include a substance which turns liquids blue and which adds a bitter taste.
"They used to drop the tablets into the drinks because it was dissolved and you didn't know there was anything in there. It then induces sleep but also with a retrograde amnesia, so you don't remember what was going on before you went to sleep," he said. "Because of that retrograde amnesia, I think that's why these guys started to use it."
- Additional reporting by Aron Hyman
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