Dagga
Ukraine to legalise dagga: 'We understand the effect of war on mental health'
The war-torn country's Health Minister on Tuesday said his government is backing a bill that would legalise dagga for medicinal use.
The catch is that growers who receive free plants must produce medical-grade dagga for medicinal purposes.
The case against a man accused of operating a dagga lab has been postponed until later this month.
In the first arrest a task team from phoenix received a tip-off about a shop in the area where hydroponic dagga was being sold.
The police's Mavela Masondo said officers found several bags of dagga wrapped in brown tape and stashed in a bakkie at the back of the house.
The law enforcement officials were arrested in Vereeniging during an operation to eradicate crime in the Sedibeng District.
This State of the Nation Address had a special note about the viability of the cannabis and hemp industries in South Africa.
In the biggest single bust of the weekend, police officers conducting an operation along the N1 highway pulled over a truck in Worcester. Upon searching the cargo section, officers discovered a sizeable consignment of tik worth more than R4 million.
Members of the police's K9 Unit conducted a routine inspection along the N1 Highway on Sunday when they pulled over a bus en route from Joburg to Cape Town.
On Tuesday, a man was apprehended during an operation by police and traffic officials near Beaufort West.
On Sunday, police arrested two occupants in a truck after seizing 159 kilograms of dagga.
The operation was conducted in the Kagisho area on Monday night.
The 48-year-old man was apprehended at a house in Zone 5 in Thembalethu on Thursday.
Guidelines for the production and export of medical cannabis were approved by the cabinet on Monday, and a government statement said Wednesday that it would not change strict local laws around marijuana consumption.
During a police operation in Mbekweni, a 33-year-old suspected drug dealer was caught with dagga, tik and mandrax on Saturday night.
Officers say six illegal firearms and ammunition were confiscated in the Nyanga cluster alone.
Police officers noticed the huge bales while on patrol Monday morning.
Police found 180 kilogrammes of marijuana at a business in 7th Avenue last night.
Police intercepted three vehicles as they were travelling from Bizana to Durban on Wednesday.