Volksrust drug lab bust: Court postpones case of five Mexican nationals and one South African. Image: DPCI (Hawks)The Volksrust Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga has postponed the case of five Mexican nationals and one South African linked to a multimillion-rand clandestine drug laboratory. VOLKSRUST DRUG-LAB BUST: HOW THE POLICE MADE THE DISCOVERY? The Volksrust drug-lab bust follows the authorities recent discovery of another clandestine drug laboratory worth more than R50 million in Standerton, also in Mpumalanga. HAWKS TAKE OVER THE VOLKSRUST DRUG-LAB BUSTPolice spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Magonseni Nkosi confirmed that they had handed the case over to the Hawks.