South African authorities seized 8 tonnes of hashish from a marine container in the port of Durban on 19 October 2000, a shipment the RCMP records as destined for Montreal.[1] The country’s police commissioner later credited cooperation with the United Nations drug-control programme for the major hashish seizure at the port.[2]
8 tonnes of Montreal-bound hashish seized in Durban port
South African authorities seized 8,000 kilograms of hashish from a marine container in Durban harbour on 19 October 2000. The shipment was bound for Montreal, and police leadership later credited international cooperation for the major seizure.
🇿🇦 Port of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa
- Cannabis
- 8 t
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Cannabis
- 8 t
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Smuggling
- Setting
- Port or sea
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- Royal Canadian Mounted Policearchive.orgDrug Situation in Canada - 2000
- SMART Security Solutionssecuritysa.comSAPS goes high-tech with new electronic drug detection systems
Open questions the AI reported
- The kilogram figure comes from the RCMP seizure tabulation; the opened sources give no concealment details and name no arrests.
- Contemporary South African press coverage of the seizure could not be reopened, so the only weight on record is the Canadian tabulation.
