Police seize 1,567 kg of dagga from Pongola truck in Louwsburg
South African police acting on morning intelligence stopped a truck on the R69 in the Louwsburg policing area and found 33 bales of dry dagga weighing 1,567.5 kg, arresting two men who were due before the Louwsburg court.
🇿🇦 R69, Louwsburg policing area, KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa
Police received intelligence on the morning of Tuesday 24 August 2021 about a
truck transporting dagga from Pongola towards Vryheid, and units of the South
African Police Service together with other law enforcement agencies mounted
an operation to intercept it.[1]Officers spotted the truck on the R69 road
in the Louwsburg policing area, stopped it and searched it, finding 33 bales
of dry dagga weighing 1,567.5 kg.[1]
The two men in the truck, aged 43 and 46, were arrested and were due to
appear before the Louwsburg Magistrate’s Court.[1]Police put the street
value of the seized dagga at about R3 million.[1]
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