Cape Town - A drug dealer caught with R7.5 million worth of illegal narcotics a year ago was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in the Cape Town Regional Court this week, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) said on Thursday.





Hosia Mathoho, 58, was arrested along with three co-accused after members of the DPCI, more popularly known as the Hawks, intercepted a truck and escort vehicle transporting the drugs on the R45 from Gauteng. The vehicles were intercepted in Vredenburg, outside of Cape Town.



