5 people to appear in court for illegal plantation of dagga

Simamkele Vakaza

15 January 2016

Five people are due in the Athlone Magistrates Court today after police swooped on a dagga plantation with an estimated street value of R1,7 million in Philippi.

A tip-off from the community led to the discovery of the plantation yesterday morning.

The suspects, four men and a woman, are between the ages of 26 and 43. The police’s Frederik van Wyk explains….

“Yesterday morning between 5:30 and 10:00 o’clock Police members attest to a crime conducted in operation at Magasgavi in Philippi after they received a tip of from the community of illegal plantation of dagga in that area. All suspects will appear in Athlone Magistrate Court today on charges of plantation of illegal dagga.” Van Wyk concluded.