Police have spent three weeks spraying Eastern Cape dagga plantations with chemicals in a bid to "nip the problem in the bud".
National police spokesperson Solomon Makgale says the SA Police Service's national air wing sprayed the plantations with a herbicide called Kilo Max in the Lusikisiki area,
More than 500 hectares were sprayed using helicopters.
Makgale said it was believed the dagga being grown in the area was for export, and that that type was one of the most sought after internationally.
He said no arrests were made during the dagga-spraying exercise because specific people could not be identified.
