{"version":1,"id":"za","name":"South Africa","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/za/","count":4,"totals":{"reports":4,"arrested":11,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":325.2,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":0,"raid":1,"arrest":2,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-27","reports":[{"id":"za-paarl-dagga-lab-raid","code":"CET-Q6FATZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/za-paarl-dagga-lab-raid/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Q6FATZ/","date":"2026-10-27","country":"za","country_name":"South Africa","place":"De Villiers Street, Lemoenkloof, Paarl, Western Cape","coordinates":[-33.734,18.962],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Three arrested as dagga lab found in Paarl house","summary":"Crime Intelligence and Paarl police raided a house in Lemoenkloof on 27 October, finding a cannabis cultivation lab with plants, products, magic mushrooms and growing equipment. 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A 71-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were arrested and appeared in court the next day.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2},"tags":["dagga","firearms","hawks"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Hawks arrest two people following discovery of dagga plantation","url":"https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/hawks-arrest-two-people-following-discovery-dagga-plantation","publisher":"SAnews","date":"2026-10-08","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261014130725/https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/hawks-arrest-two-people-following-discovery-dagga-plantation"},{"title":"Hawks arrest two after dagga plantation and firearms seized near Nelspruit","url":"https://www.oudtshoorncourant.com/News/Article/National-News/hawks-arrest-two-after-dagga-plantation-and-firearms-seized-near-nelspruit-202610081226","publisher":"Oudtshoorn Courant","date":"2026-10-08","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261008114308/https://www.oudtshoorncourant.com/News/Article/National-News/hawks-arrest-two-after-dagga-plantation-and-firearms-seized-near-nelspruit-202610081226"}]},{"id":"mpumalanga-schoemansdal-dagga-plantation","code":"CET-TN838H","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mpumalanga-schoemansdal-dagga-plantation/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TN838H/","date":"2026-01-09","country":"za","country_name":"South Africa","place":"Buffelspruit Farm near Schoemansdal, outside Malelane, Mpumalanga","coordinates":[-25.483,31.517],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Police clear R2.9 million dagga plantation on Mpumalanga river bank","summary":"Acting on a tip-off, a large team led by Mpumalanga's acting police commissioner removed a dense field of mature dagga plants on Buffelspruit Farm near Malelane, valued at about R2.9 million. 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