Hawks sent packing after 'tense' standoff with SANDF over Cuban drugs

'Guns drawn' as military defend smuggled medication against being seized

31 January 2021 - 00:05 By sabelo skiti

The Hawks were sent packing after an embarrassing standoff with the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) military police during a bungled raid to confiscate controversial Cuban drugs stored at the South African Military Health Service's (SAMHS's) depot in Pretoria...

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