The Hawks in the Western Cape has arrested a third suspect in connection with the discovery of a clandestine laboratory in Paarl, in February 2025, where steroids were illegally manufactured.
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COURTESY: HawksMark Duncan Sowter (56) appeared in the Paarl
Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning, the same day he was apprehended.
Provincial Hawks said the discovery of the lab stems
from two years ago, when the Hawks received information about steroids that
were couriered from Franschoek and distributed to local recipients.
Search and seizure operation was authorised and
conducted, and during the search, pressing, sorting and labelling machines,
scales and ovens were discovered. Moreover, powder and suspected schedule 4 medicines
were also discovered. The value of the steroids is yet to be determined.
Two suspects were arrested separately on this
matter, Jade Claire Sowter and Raynard Stander. Both suspects aged 27 have
appeared at the Paarl Magistrates Court on 14 February 2024 and they were both
released on R15 000 bail each.
Mark Sowter was granted R15 000 bail and the
case has been postponed to 16 May 2025, where he will appear alongside his
daughter Jade Claire Sowter, and Stander.
Done by: Elona Sibunzi
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