Dagga
George police arrest suspected drug dealer with dagga worth more than R500,000
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.
Upington police, in the Northern Cape, followed up on information about drug trafficking on the N1.
The Hawks’ serious Organised Crime Investigation unit with members of K9 Hartebeespootdam carried out a raid where they discovered a fully-fledged dagga greenhouse.
In 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that the private use of cannabis was permitted.
Bandile Mbana, an official at the facility for the past 10 years, was arrested and detained following a random search conducted earlier in August.
It is alleged that the 'skunk' dagga was loaded at Lusikisiki and was on the way to the Western Cape.
Provincial police spokesperson, captain Sergio Kock, says the suspect will appear in the local magistrate’s court this week.
This was according to police management that briefed Parliament's police portfolio committee for the first time in the sixth Parliament.
The 35-year-old was arrested on Tuesday morning in Promise Land near Whenchville.
For three years Leaf Botanicals has been hard at work securing a licence it will now use to export organic dagga to Canada after an agreement was signed with a fully-licensed cannabis producer in Canada.
Police said that despite recent changes to legislation that has legalised the private use and cultivation of dagga, the selling thereof remains prohibited.
Innovative Staffing Solutions says the drivers were sacked because their actions violated the code of ethics.
The interest in learning how to grow cannabis is high following the Constitutional Court ruling that decriminalised the private use and cultivation of the green herb.