Marijuana, with an estimated street value of R3 million, has been confiscated by SAPS, during operations held in the Vryheid/Louwsburg area. Two suspects, aged 43 and 46, will be facing charges for dealing in marijuana and are set to appear in the Louwsburg Magistrate’s Court.
Police told Tabloid Newspapers that intelligence was received on Tuesday morning, 24 August, about a truck transporting marijuana from Pongola towards Vryheid. “Various units in the SAPS and other law enforcement agencies joined the operation. The truck was spotted along the R69, Louwsburg. Police stopped the truck,” said Captain Nqobile Gwala. The truck was searched and 33 bales of dry marijuana which weighed 1 567.5kg were discovered.
