895 kg of dagga seized from a vehicle trailer on the N1 at Worcester
Worcester police, acting on information from the public, stopped a light-duty vehicle with a trailer on 18 November 2023 and seized 895 kg of high-grade dagga packed in five plastic containers, valued at R7.1 million. Two occupants aged 34 and 36 were arrested on a charge of dealing in drugs.
Members attached to the Worcester SAPS acted on information received from the public and
pulled over a light-duty vehicle suspected of carrying a large consignment of dagga in its
trailer.[1]Police searched the vehicle and seized895 kg of dagga concealed in five
plastic containers in the trailer, which they valued at R7.1 million.[1]
The two occupants, aged 34 and 36, were arrested and detained on a charge of dealing in
drugs.[1]Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie described the
stop, and later coverage confirmed it as a joint operation by Provincial Traffic Officers
and SAPS Crime Intelligence on the N1 at Worcester made possible by a tip-off.[1][2][3]
A week later, traffic officers stopped a truck on the N1 near Laingsburg and seized a
further two tonnes of cannabis, a separate event left out here.[2][3]
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No court appearance or further outcome for the two suspects was reported.
The reports do not say where the consignment was loaded or where it was being taken.
Published photos of the November N1 interceptions are shared across reports on this stop and the Laingsburg seizure a week later and cannot be assigned to one stop, so none is listed.
Free State police stopped a truck on the N1 south on 7 November 2026 and found 452 one-kilogram bales of dagga, but the driver jumped out of the moving vehicle about 100 metres from Parys police station and escaped on foot. The truck was impounded and its owner questioned; no arrest for the load had been reported.
Soldiers of 10 South African Infantry Battalion seized 78 kg of dagga valued at R473,000 during Operation CORONA patrols in the Musina area along the Limpopo River. The SANDF said the cannabis was allegedly intended to be smuggled into South Africa.
Police stopped a white Isuzu truck on the N4 near Vandyksdrift on 19 October and found 55 bags of compressed dagga weighing 1,680 kg, which they valued at R12 million. Two men who arrived in a Polo and allegedly offered the officers money were arrested with the driver.
Secunda Flying Squad officers found 103 kg of dagga worth about R800,000 in a Gauteng-registered Honda Civic stopped on the N17 near Leandra on 19 October 2026. The driver abandoned the car and fled on foot; the vehicle and the dagga were seized.
