Provincial police spokesperson, Olebogeng Tawana, says a courier bakkie was used to transport the drugs in the Upington area on Friday afternoon 3 December and it too has since been seized. The drugs include compressed dagga weighing 30,2 kg, Crystal Meth weighing  6,35 kg and 10 bundles of plants.

Tawana says authorities were able to corner the bakkie with the consignment of drugs owing to intelligence received on their end. The vehicle was tracked to Paballelo location in Upington. However the driver of the vehicle abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot before police could get to him.

He remains at large at this stage.

A 2020 report by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) found that cannabis is the most widely used drug not only in South Africa in 2018, but globally too. According to that report 3.7% of the South African population use cannabis, with the use of cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, opioids and ecstasy-type drug ranging between 0,5% and 1%.

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