On March 1 2021, the Saldanha Bay harbour was swarming with police officers. The object of their attention was a fishing and small-cargo vessel – The Windward – which had docked in Saldanha two months earlier.
Aboard the boat, special operations officers would uncover the Western Cape’s largest haul of cocaine up to that point — and as they investigated the 10 men on board, even more illicit activities would be revealed.
The arrested men, citizens of Bulgaria and Myanmar, made up a mismatched crew of perpetrators and victims. Uncovering their true level of involvement would be a mammoth task.
In episode 91 of True Crime South Africa, we use The Windward bust as a prime example of the tangled web of organised crime that exists just beneath the surface of ordinary South African life.
For more episodes, click here.
Community Intervention Centre (24-hour trauma helpline): 082-821-3447
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PODCAST | Hidden in plain sight: The Windward cocaine bust
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On March 1 2021, the Saldanha Bay harbour was swarming with police officers. The object of their attention was a fishing and small-cargo vessel – The Windward – which had docked in Saldanha two months earlier.
Aboard the boat, special operations officers would uncover the Western Cape’s largest haul of cocaine up to that point — and as they investigated the 10 men on board, even more illicit activities would be revealed.
The arrested men, citizens of Bulgaria and Myanmar, made up a mismatched crew of perpetrators and victims. Uncovering their true level of involvement would be a mammoth task.
In episode 91 of True Crime South Africa, we use The Windward bust as a prime example of the tangled web of organised crime that exists just beneath the surface of ordinary South African life.
For more episodes, click here.
Community Intervention Centre (24-hour trauma helpline): 082-821-3447
Join the conversation on Twitter at #TrueCrimeSA
E-mail the show: info@killeraudiocreations.com
Support independent journalism by subscribing to the Sunday Times. Just R20 for the first month.
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