[imagesource: Alon Skuy]

Trust nobody.

Last week, a “nice Christian family” was found to be running a steroid lab from their house in Pretoria, with neighbours clueless about the large-scale operation taking place inside the property’s walls.

Fast forward to yesterday, and Gauteng police have swooped on a home in Sandton that doubles as a drug lab, busting a multimillion-rand operation.

Can you imagine the uproar at the gym this morning? Fuming over a low-fat, almond milk latte.

In a gated community in the Kelvin area, nogal!

Times LIVE with the scoop:

National police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole, provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela and Gauteng community safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane visited the house following the bust.

Sitole said three foreign nationals were arrested for drug manufacturing.

A fourth foreign national, who arrived on the scene after the raid, was arrested after he attempted to bribe officers with R10,000 to “kill the operation”.

Sheesh, can’t bribe traffic officers, and now you can’t bribe actual cops. Times are changing.

Sitole said the mandrax found was estimated to be worth about R2.5m, while the CAT had an estimated value of R500,000.

“We are targeting the drug heavyweights. Those who contaminate the moral fibre of society and those who run operations of supplying our children with drugs throughout the country,” Sitole said.

You can watch some of the action below:

The bust took place in the early hours of the morning, and the scene inside resembled what you might find in the minivan from Breaking Bad:

During a visit to the house, several chemicals, including pool acid, pool chlorine and huge white bags of salt granules could be seen in the double garage. Also in the garage were two ovens, several black oven pans and knives…

The garden and pool at the backyard were poorly maintained. A strong stench of chemicals came from the backroom in the yard. In the room stood 5l and 20l plastic litre bottles of various chemicals.

In Sandton, a poorly maintained backyard is almost as criminal as running a drug lab.

Good job, police – now go after our politicians.

[source:timeslive]