Cops seize 29 000 Viagra pills
2005-02-14 21:22
Johannesburg - Police seized 29 000 Viagra tablets and 14 436 Cialis pills worth over R3.5m at Johannesburg International Airport on Monday morning.
The drugs were imported from India and destined for a false address in Kaya Sands, north of Johannesburg, said Tumi Golding, spokesperson for the police's divisional commissioner of crime intelligence.
No arrests had been made.
Golding said the drugs were discovered in a joint operation between the crime intelligence task team, a crime prevention unit, the customs division of the SA Revenue Service and health department investigators.
Golding was unwilling to give details of how the drugs were discovered, saying this was still "sensitive".
- SAPA