Mmegi has learnt that some people from this country have been drugged in the Durban bound buses after their drinks were spiked. They would later be robbed of cash and other valuables. The car buyers prefer to carry United States Dollars because the Durban cars are charged in that currency. Other travellers use travellers' cheques.
The drugging incidences occur in the buses on the way from Johannesburg en-route to Durban. The people who are traveling to Durban by public transport, board buses up to Johannesburg where they connect with the coaches that take them to Durban. A man who is involved in the car business, said the coaches depart from Johannesburg at 10.00 pm and travel to Durban overnight. He said he has witnessed an incident where a fellow traveller was drugged. He suspects that the spiking was done by the bus crew. He added that the man who was comatose had been served tea by the bus crew. But they were shocked when suddenly the passenger slumped into a deep sleep and nobody could wake him up.
