Two tonnes of dagga seized from truck in Laingsburg
Western Cape traffic officers stopped a heavy motor vehicle in Laingsburg on 13 February 2024 and found 42 bags of compressed dagga weighing two tonnes, valued at about R4 million. Two people were arrested for possession of an illegal substance and dealing in counterfeit goods.
On Tuesday 13 February 2024, Western Cape Provincial Traffic officers intercepted a heavy motor vehicle in Laingsburg and found 42 bags of compressed dagga weighing about two tonnes, with an estimated value of R4 million.[1][2]The truck was also carrying a shipment of counterfeit clothing.[1][2]
Two people were arrested and charged with possession of an illegal substance and dealing in counterfeit goods.[1][2]Mobility MEC Ricardo Mackenzie praised the team, saying its officers go out every single day, around the clock, to make the Western Cape safer for all.[1][2]
The bust came during a week of heightened road operations: between 12 and 18 February, provincial traffic officers ran 248 roadblocks and checkpoints, stopped and checked 27,699 vehicles, and made 96 arrests, most of them for driving under the influence of alcohol.[1]Neither report says where the dagga was grown or where the truck was headed.[1][2]
Case data
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Free State police stopped a truck on the N1 south on 7 November 2026 and found 452 one-kilogram bales of dagga, but the driver jumped out of the moving vehicle about 100 metres from Parys police station and escaped on foot. The truck was impounded and its owner questioned; no arrest for the load had been reported.
Soldiers of 10 South African Infantry Battalion seized 78 kg of dagga valued at R473,000 during Operation CORONA patrols in the Musina area along the Limpopo River. The SANDF said the cannabis was allegedly intended to be smuggled into South Africa.
Police stopped a white Isuzu truck on the N4 near Vandyksdrift on 19 October and found 55 bags of compressed dagga weighing 1,680 kg, which they valued at R12 million. Two men who arrived in a Polo and allegedly offered the officers money were arrested with the driver.
Secunda Flying Squad officers found 103 kg of dagga worth about R800,000 in a Gauteng-registered Honda Civic stopped on the N17 near Leandra on 19 October 2026. The driver abandoned the car and fled on foot; the vehicle and the dagga were seized.
