MBABANE:Colonel Donald Mdhluli, the Mpumalanga Police Provincial Spokesperson has released a statement this week, confirming that, police seized dagga worth R4.7 Million on the N12 in Delmas.
“Through information received from intelligence and the Trilateral Planning Cell (TPC), police pounced on a truck carrying the consignment of dagga.Information received is that the truck was travelling from Eswatini with drugs towards Johannesburg.Joint efforts by Delmas SAPS, Middelburg K9, Middelburg Flying Squad Unit, as well as Mpumalanga Covert Intelligence intercepted the truck on the N12 freeway just before the Dryden off ramp.During the initial search, nothing out of the ordinary was noticed, however members kept on smelling a strong odour of dagga.The truck was then escorted to Delmas SAPS, where a K9 narcotic dog was used to do a further search.It was during this time when a hidden compartment at the back was discovered, and upon removal, 63 balls of dagga were found wrapped in brown sellotape. The balls were marked and it is suspected that the parcels were possibly packaged for distribution in a place currently unknown”,‘reads the statement in part.
The Mpumalanga Police said, the suspect “is highly expected to appear in court”.
PIC-POLICE:Mpumalanga police seized eSwatini worth R4.7million along N12, suspect to appear in court.