Police found ten boxes of dagga, fifty dagga plants, two scales, three fans and other cannabis production equipment on a farm near Philadelphia in the Western Cape.[1] Two suspects, a man aged 47 and a woman aged 56, were arrested there for illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and dagga.[1] Police also seized an undisclosed amount of cash, one shotgun, two rifles, 86 rounds and three cartridges.[2] The two suspects were to appear at Atlantis Magistrate Court on Monday.[1] Police said the street value of the dagga was yet to be established.[1]
50 dagga plants and ten boxes of dagga seized on a Philadelphia farm
SAPS officers found ten boxes of dagga, 50 dagga plants and cannabis production equipment on a farm near Philadelphia in the Western Cape. A man aged 47 and a woman aged 56 were arrested for illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and dagga, along with cash, one shotgun, two rifles and ammunition.
🇿🇦 Farm near Philadelphia, Western Cape · South Africa
- Arrested
- 2
- Plants destroyed
- 50
- Agency
- South African Police Service
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis, Living plants
- Case stage
- Charged
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Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 2
- Plants destroyed
- 50
- Agency
- South African Police Service
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis; Living plants (50 plants)
- Activity
- Cultivation, Possession
- Setting
- Farm
- Charge
- illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and dagga
- Case stage
- Charged
- Region
- Western Cape
- Date
- Approximate
Sources
- Cape Timesiol.co.zaWestern Cape police arrest 623, confiscate horde of weapons
- SABC Newssabcnews.comThree men wanted for a triple murder case arrested in Cape Town
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight or street value for the seized dagga was published; police said the value was yet to be established.
- The 50 plants found on the farm were not reported as destroyed, so their count is recorded without a split.
- Only the day of the arrests (13 May 2022) is established; the farm search may have been done earlier the same weekend.
- No plea or court outcome for the two farm suspects was reported; they were to appear at Atlantis Magistrate Court on Monday.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Cape Times: The arrests were made on Friday, 13 May 2022, during integrated Western Cape operations in which police also arrested 623 wanted suspects on various charges.
