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82-year-old gogo bust with bags of dagga strapped around her body

82-year-old gogo bust with bags of dagga strapped around her body

An 82-year-old woman who was nabbed with 3kg of dagga strapped around her body has escaped jail time‚ Mpumalanga police said on Friday. The woman was allegedly trafficking the dagga. “According to the information on police disposal‚…

An Audi, loaded with cannabis and cigarettes, crashed head-on into a bakkie in KZN on Monday, leaving four deadImage: Supplied

Four dead after dagga-laden car crashes into bakkie on freeway

Four people died in a horrific crash after their vehicles, one which was laden with cannabis and cigarettes, collided on the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. The incident took place at about 8:30am near Mandeni, on the north coast. It is…

These are some of the illicit cigarettes that police seized during a roadblock near KwaMbonambi on Friday.Image: SAPS

Nine arrested in N2 roadblock with cigarettes, dagga

Police conducting a roadblock in KwaMbonambi in northern KwaZulu-Natal arrested nine suspects after finding them with prohibited items including cigarettes and dagga. During the roadblock on the N2 on Friday, police stopped two minibus…

The vehicle overturned after the driver jumped out.                                                         Image: SAPS

4×4 crashes when driver bails, leaving passenger inside, during cop chase

The driver of a vehicle transporting dagga had to be hospitalised after he jumped out of the moving vehicle during a police chase. His passenger sustained only minor injuries. Dagga worth at least R500,000 was retrieved from the vehicle,…

Ban on private use of dagga at home is ruled unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court has found that the ban on the private use and cultivation of dagga is unconstitutional. The unanimous judgment decriminalises adults smoking dagga at home and growing enough marijuana for personal consumption. But…