SARS has been hitting the "narcos" hard of late, with a number of large drug seizures, but no one seems to know its actual effect on South Africa's war on drugs.

Since the beginning of the year the men, women and dogs of SARS have netted millions of rands worth of drugs at several ports of entry.

At the beginning of the month, SARS officials seized drugs worth R9-million in two incidents.

At the Lebombo border, officials seized 51 bags of ephedrine and 14 bags of crystal meth from hidden compartments in a car. The drugs were believed to be worth R7-million.

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