IN PICTURES | Police discover R100m drug lab in North West

Police have discovered a drug lab in the North West. Photo: SAPS (SUPPLIED)

Police have arrested 11 people and seized drugs and equipment worth R100m at a drug lab on a farm in Brakspruit, Swartruggens, in the North West.

The lab was discovered by officers from the national head office of crime intelligence on Wednesday morning.

Four Mexicans and a female were among the suspects arrested.

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Police have discovered a drug lab in the North West. Photo: SAPS (SUPPLIED)
Some of the drum the police found in a illegal drug lab discovered in the North West. Photo: SAPS (SUPPLIED )
This equipment is believed to have been used to manufacture drugs from a plant in North West. (SAPS)

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