By Khanyisa Tabata
16 April 2010
Nine people have been arrested for possession of and the cultivation of dagga in Marcus Garvey in Philippi East
Metro Police spokesperson Nowell Petersen says members of the Philippi East police station destroyed huge dagga plantation earlier in the Philippi area.
“During their raid we found and confiscated 950 dagga plants growing in a number of cordoned off yards. The find was so huge that we needed to utilise one big police truck and 10 police vans to transport the dagga to the Philippi East police station.”
The dagga that was confiscated was in various stages of maturity ranging from saplings to fully grown trees.
“A substantial amount of dried dagga seeds, compost and potassium spray that was hidden in plastic bags and boxes were also confiscated.” said Petersen
The community showed some resistance to the police action and started throwing stones. The police retaliated with the shooting of rubber rounds to bring the large crowd under control. One person was injured in the process, but he was also later charged with public violence.
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