Simunye Police arrested and charged two Mozambican nationals aged 22 and 24 after allegedly finding them with a combined 34.4kg of dagga.[1] The two were taken to Simunye Police Station and spent the night in custody before appearing at the Siteki Magistrate’s Court on Friday.[1] The court remanded them back into custody until Tuesday for continuation of the matter.[1]
Police said the two loads weighed 17.8kg and 16.6kg respectively.[1] Police said the men held the dagga without a permit or licence.[1] The two were believed to be transporting the dagga for smuggling into Mozambique.[1]
The two men had hitched a ride from Lonhlupheko to Simunye while carrying the suspected dagga.[1] They did not know the man who offered them a lift in his private vehicle was a police officer attached to the Criminal Investigations Department.[1] The officer was travelling from Siteki to Ngomane Police Post when he allegedly noticed a strong smell of dagga inside the vehicle.[1] Rather than confronting them, the officer kept driving while discreetly communicating with police officers at Simunye.[1] Police officers waited for the vehicle at the Simunye Filling Station, where the two suspects were arrested.[1] The arrest happened on Thursday, 1 October 2026 at around 8.30pm at the Simunye Filling Station.[1]