Truck driver held with 78 kg of dagga at Nakop border post
Police at the Nakop Border Post arrested a 46-year-old truck driver on 20 September 2016 after finding 78 kg of dagga hidden in a toolbox. The dagga, valued by police at almost R400,000, was seized with the toilet-paper truck and a cellphone ahead of a court appearance in Upington.
🇿🇦 Nakop Border Post, Northern Cape · South Africa
Northern Cape police arrested a 46-year-old truck driver for dealing in dagga at
the Nakop Border Post.[1]The arrest happened at about 11:00 on Tuesday, 20
September 2016.[1]The driver was exporting toilet paper by truck from South
Africa to Namibia.[2]The search took place at the Nakop border post near
Upington.[3]
Officers searched a toolbox inside the truck and found 78 kg of dagga stashed
inside.[1]Police put the dagga’s estimated street value at almost R400,000.[1]Officers confiscated the dagga together with the truck and a cellphone.[3]
The suspect was expected to appear in the Upington Magistrate’s Court soon.[2]Police said the investigation was continuing.[1]
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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.
