Central SA
Second major drug bust in Central Karoo within a week─── 16:11 Mon, 10 Jun 2019
Police members from Leeu-Gamka and Beaufort West have apprehended a 32-year-old suspect in connection with a consignment of dagga with a street value R532 000.
Captain Malcolm Pojie says the members acted on information and arrested the suspect at around 04:00 on Monday when they pulled his Toyota Quantum and Trailer over on the N1 near the Leeu-Gamka Police Station.
They found 380kg of dagga, believed to emanate from the Eastern Cape, that was concealed in 43 bags in the trailer.
The 32-year-old driver was arrested on the spot and was due to appear in the Prince Albert Magistrate's Court the same day, still.
This is the second major drugs bust within a week in the Central Karoo area.
On Tuesday last week, a 33-year-old man was found in possession of R184 000 worth of Tik on the N12 en-route to Beaufort West.
A Nigerian national is currently in police custody and scheduled to appear in the Beaufort West magistrates' court on Wednesday for a bail application.
