Army seizes 16.8 kg of dagga in border operations; two held
Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force troops seized 16.8kg of dagga worth E16,800 in three border interceptions between 5 and 14 August 2026 at Nsubane and Hluthi. Two men were arrested in the vehicle interception and all suspects, vehicles and consignments were handed to law enforcement for investigation.
🇸🇿 Nsubane, Lubombo Region and Hluthi, Shiselweni Region · Eswatini
The interceptions occurred between 5 August 2026 and 14 August 2026.[1]The
third incident occurred at Nsubane on August 5, when troops intercepted a
30-year-old Liswati man carrying 9.85kg of dagga valued at E9 850 without a
permit.[2]The Hluthi suspect was a 52-year-old liSwati man from Ka-Mziki.[1]On the same day at Hluthi, troops intercepted another suspect carrying
1.85kg of dagga valued at E1 850.[2]At Nsubane in the Lubombo Region on
August 14, troops intercepted a white Opel Corsa carrying 5.1kg of dagga valued
at E5 100.[2]Two emaSwati men were arrested.[2]
The UEDF also reported the seizure of 16.8kg of dagga with a combined estimated
street value of E16 800 in three separate incidents.[2]The UEDF said all
suspects, vehicles, livestock and dagga consignments were handed over to the
relevant law enforcement agencies for further investigation.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
UEDF troops intercepted more than 430 kg of dagga worth E378,965 in three border incidents on 26 October 2026: a Ford Focus abandoned at Machobeni yielded 292 kg, and a Toyota Tazz at Mpuluzi held 135 kg with two men arrested. One driver fled on foot; all exhibits were handed to law enforcement.
UEDF troops at a Mashayineni checkpoint seized 510.3 kg of dagga worth E510,300 in June 2026 operations: 107.1 kg in a Nissan Murano on 23 June with two men arrested, 403.2 kg in a Toyota Hilux an hour later with its driver arrested, while four Zimbabweans were stopped crossing illegally at Sivule on 25 June.
A 29-year-old man from KaMkhweli, under Chief Mshengu, was charged before Siteki Magistrate Machawe Bhembe with being found in possession of dagga plants weighing 46.463kg. He had been arrested the previous Friday, and the published account stops after the opening of his case.
Police in Swaziland confiscated marijuana worth R1.7 million, about 295,000 US dollars, from small-scale farmers in the northern Hhohho region in early December 2004, saying the compressed packages were bound for South Africa and Europe.