Eastern Cape women arrested for possession of dagga

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Two women from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape have been arrested for possession of dagga with an estimated street value of R28-thousand.

Police Captain Jackson Manatha says the suspects, aged 23 and 48, were arrested on a bus by officers from the Kei Bridge police station near Butterworth.

He says the 23-year-old suspect was on her way to Cape Town while the other was going to Port Elizabeth.

Manatha says the women will appear in the Butterworth Magistrate's Court on Monday.