851 kg of dagga worth R8 million seized at Mooketsi
Limpopo police seized 42 bags of compressed dagga weighing 851.85 kilograms and worth about R8 million from a bakkie and trailer at the Mooketsi weighbridge on 30 May 2025, arresting a 27-year-old man.
Acting on intelligence about a white Toyota Hilux bakkie suspected of moving dagga from Eswatini to the Vhembe district, Limpopo tracking and task teams spotted the vehicle towing a trailer on the R36 near the Mooketsi weighbridge at about 07:00 on 30 May 2025.[1][2]
They stopped and searched the bakkie and found 42 bags of compressed dagga weighing 851.85 kilograms, with an estimated street value of R8 million.[1]The bakkie and trailer were seized.[1][2]
The 27-year-old driver, who could not account for the dagga, was arrested and was due to appear before the Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court on 2 June 2025 on a drug-dealing charge.[1][2]
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