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EC cops make dagga busts worth R2.2 million


Two suspects are due to appear in Eastern Cape courts on Tuesday after police seized close on a ton of dagga worth an estimated 2.2 million Rand.

In the first incident, a suspect is due to appear in the Queenstown Magistrate's Court on charges of possession of dagga worth more than a million Rand.

Police Captain Namhla Mdleleni reports that Queenstown based public order policing members arrested the 35-year-old man in the early hours of Monday morning.

They were patrolling along the N6 and spotted a Toyota with CA registration plates.

On searching the vehicle they found 26 bags of dagga valued at more than a million Rand.

The suspect was travelling from Ntabankulu to Cape Town.

In a separate bust in Kwadwesi on Monday, Port Elizabeth police arrested a 46-year-old man who was also found in possession of a large quantity of dagga.

Captain Andre Beetge says a combined operation was conducted by the Motherwell Operational Command Centre, Crime Intelligence, Flying Squad and the K9 Unit.

Intelligence gathered led the operation to Govan Mbeki, Kwadwesi, where a white Mazda Drifter bakkie was found and searched.

The 26 bags of dagga, with a weight of almost 500 kilogrammes and with an estimated street value of R1,2 million was confiscated.

The owner of the bakkie was arrested on the spot and is due to appear in the New Brighton Magistrate's Court on a charge of dealing in dagga.