South America

In several foreign jurisdictions including EU countries, USA, South America, and Australasia, legislation permits retention of representative sample for evidence and analysis while the rest of the narcotics consignment is destroyed to ease storage burden.

“In several foreign jurisdictions, to interalia include most EU countries, the USA, South America, Australasia, there is legislation that permits the retention of representative samples for evidence purposes and also for the analysis of these exhibits. And then the rest of the consignment is then destroyed. So a smaller number of the exhibits is then kept, which would make the storage there of much easier.”

Cocaine and heroin enter South Africa commonly through established transnational maritime routes involving multiple countries and are produced mainly in South American countries and Afghanistan.

“Cocaine and heroin enter South Africa commonly through established transnational maritime routes involving multiple countries. Cocaine is typically transported from South America via West Africa. Heroin is commonly transported from regions such as Afghanistan through East Africa like Mozambique and into South Africa.”