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George police have arrested a suspect and confiscated drugs and cultivating equipment with an estimated street value of R1.1million following a three-month investigation.
Spokesperson, Sergeant Christopher Spies says the operation commenced in June following a tipoff on illicit activities at a house in Stemmet Street.
He says members of the Western Cape Organised Crime Unit, Garden Route District Intelligence, and George Crime Prevention obtained a search warrant and swooped on the house in Blanco, where they found an indoor dagga cultivation laboratory.
Spies says they confiscated 38 dagga trees, numerous containers, dried dagga, cultivating equipment, and two cell phones.
The occupant of the premises, a 33-year-old, was subsequently arrested on charges of cultivating and dealing in drugs.
He remains in police custody and is expected to appear in the George Magistrate's Court on Monday.
