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A 35 year old man has been arrested for being in posession of 25 bags of perlemoen.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson, major Ernest Sigobe, says he was arrested during a tri-lateral crossborder operation between police in the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape.
He says the perlemoen has a street value of R250,000.
The suspect will appear in court in Willowmore on Friday.