section 252A of the Criminal Procedure Act

Warrant Officer Sander details undercover operations conducted under section 252A of the Criminal Procedure Act to detect drugs on vessels, involving boarding ships and using substances like baby powder as decoys.

“It is an undercover operation. It is conducted in terms of section 252A of the Criminal Procedure Act. Me as an Investigating Officer, I have done a few of them. I have boarded vessels at sea. We found the drugs. We swabbed the drugs. We put baby powder. We put something, it looks the same, along with the ...”