Man held at Jeppes Reef with 1.9 kg dagga wrapped around his body
Mpumalanga border police arrested a 27-year-old man near the Jeppes Reef border post on 18 April 2022 after finding about 1.9 kg of dagga strapped around his body on an illegal crossing from Eswatini. He was charged with possession of dagga, with police valuing the consignment at about R3 000, and was due in the Nkomazi Magistrate's Court the next day.
🇿🇦 Illegal crossing near the Jeppes Reef border post, Nkomazi, Mpumalanga · South Africa
A 27-year-old man was arrested at the Jeppes Reef border post for allegedly
trafficking drugs after attempting to smuggle dagga wrapped around his belly
from Eswatini.[1]Officers on Easter weekend border patrols spotted the man
using an illegal crossing near Jeppes Reef to enter South Africa at about
12.10pm.[1]Mpumalanga police said the 27-year-old was intercepted on Monday.[1]
A search found dagga wrapped around his body weighing about 1.9 kg.[1]Police
put the estimated street value of the dagga at about R3 000.[1]He was
arrested and charged with possession of dagga and was expected to appear before
the Nkomazi Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 19 April 2022.[1]
Mpumalanga provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney
Manamela commended the border policing unit that intercepted him.[1]Manamela
said police remain vigilant to prevent criminal activity along the borders.[1]
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SAPS photo of the 27-year-old man arrested at Jeppes Reef with dagga wrapped around his body. Photo: SAPSPhoto details
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The article says the man was intercepted on Monday and was due in court on Tuesday 19 April 2022; 18 April 2022 is used as the incident date by inference from the 19 April publication date.
The man was not named and no statement from him was reported.
No court outcome after the expected 19 April 2022 appearance before the Nkomazi Magistrate's Court was reported in this account.
The article also recounts a separate arrest of a 36-year-old woman for dealing in dagga at Newscom, Kabokweni, valued at about R10 000; that is a different event left out here.
No exact crossing point beyond an illegal crossing near Jeppes Reef was given, so coordinates are for the border-post area.
Police stopped a red SUV on the R81 road at Ximuwini near Malamulele and found 14 plastic refuse bags of dagga, which Limpopo police valued at an estimated R662,400. The 55-year-old driver was detained at Malamulele Police Station and was due in the Malamulele Magistrate's Court on 9 November on a charge of dealing in dagga.
Police and private security arrested a driver after a high-speed chase from Sinoville to Bon Accord in Pretoria on 7 November 2026. Officers seized 240kg of dagga with an estimated street value of R960,000 from the vehicle and confiscated the vehicle.
Mpumalanga police stopped a 39-year-old man from KwaZulu-Natal in a white Nissan NP200 at Mahamba before dawn on 3 November 2026 and found 30 rolls holding 158.2 kg of compressed dagga, which they valued at R1 million. He was charged with dealing in dagga and was expected in the Mkhondo Magistrate's Court on 5 November.
Acting on a tip-off, North West police stopped 21-year-old Lusanda Nhlangothi on the N12 near Christiana and found 4.654 kg of compressed dagga packed in two 20-litre drums. He was charged, appeared in court on 29 October and was remanded until a 5 November bail hearing.
