South African police have arrested five Mexican nationals after a raid on a crystal meth lab at a remote farm. Image: Arrive AliveSouth African police have arrested five Mexican nationals after a raid on a crystal meth lab at a remote farm, a spokesperson said on Monday, the latest in a series of such busts. RELATED | Inside Volksrust’s R350 million crystal meth labADVERTISEMENTPolice also seized methamphetamine worth around R350 million packed into lunch boxes and buckets on the farm near Volksrust, around 250km southeast of Johannesburg. Another Mexican national was arrested in November at a crystal meth lab on a farm in Rietfontein, north of Johannesburg. The Geneva-based agency said in a July 2025 report that there had been a proliferation of “Mexican meth” labs around the globe over the past decade.