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The Beira landfall

Beira, Mozambique · 21 February 2025

The record

Where
Beira, Mozambique
When
21 February 2025
Quantity
287 kg
  • 287 kg methamphetamine
Value
R80 360 000$4 464 440
Agencies
PRM · SERNIC · SAPS
Map of the Southern Route: from the Makran coast across the Indian Ocean to Tanzania and Mozambique, then by road and air into South Africa; the Atlantic cocaine vector; the outbound air vector to West Africa.The Lebombo corridor file — Badplaas, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 16 July 2023The region’s largest recorded seizure — Tanzania, 12–22 December 2023The Limpopo intercept — Limpopo, South Africa, 1 January 2024The Vilankulo seizure — Vilankulo, Mozambique, 5 March 2024The Delmas load — Delmas, South Africa, 10 October 2024The Beira landfall — Beira, Mozambique, 21 February 2025The false compartment — Lomahasha Border Post, Eswatini, 17–18 July 2025The outbound vector — Lagos, Nigeria — shipped from OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa, February 2024TPC headquarters — MaputoTANZANIAMOZAMBIQUESOUTH AFRICAMAKRAN COAST
On the route: Beira

Five beats

How the case moved

The five beats of the public narrative. Agencies named; persons never.

  1. The TPC convenes

    Two targets believed to be residing in Gauteng are on the trilateral picture.

  2. Intelligence shared

    Shared information places them in Beira.

  3. Movement tracked

    The targets are traced in Beira, Mozambique.

  4. Interdiction

    21 February 2025, Beira: vehicles intercepted with 287 kg of methamphetamine.

  5. The network followed

    The Beira landfall joins the corridor picture that runs from Tanzania to Gauteng.

Outcome

287 kg of methamphetamine, valued at R80 360 000.

Gallery

Evidence

From the TPC’s public presentation. Faces are pixelated; plates, documents and signage are blurred. The redaction is the message.

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    Bricks of methamphetamine from the Beira seizure laid out in rows, February 2025; persons at the edge pixelated
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    The Beira consignment laid out in rows on the ground, wide view; people at the edges are pixelated
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    One of the intercepted vehicles at Beira, photographed at night; plate, fleet number and operator name are blurred

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