Two-hectare dagga plantation destroyed in Atteridgeville
Police found a two-hectare dagga plantation in the Brazzaville informal settlement in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, on 10 February 2011, valued at about R5 million. Municipal workers cut the crop down the same morning and no arrests were reported.
Police discovered a two-hectaredagga plantation in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, on Thursday 10 February 2011, with an estimated street value of R5 million, about US$690,000.[1][2]The find, in the Brazzaville informal settlement, was described by the city as larger than two rugby fields and the biggest such plantation seen in Tshwane.[1][2]
About 60 municipal parks officials began cutting the crop down at 09:00 that morning to burn it, a job expected to take the whole day.[1][2]The discovery followed a tip-off from local residents.[1]No arrests were reported.[2]
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Officers walk through the dense dagga plantation in AtteridgevillePhoto details
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