30 donkeys, 13 men and 66 bags of dagga
SAPSPolice spotted a group of men carrying the bags and accompanying 30 donkeys near Sandlwana.
Durban - In one of the biggest dagga busts in KwaZulu-Natal, police arrested 13 men using 30 donkeys to smuggle dagga worth millions of rand across the mountains from Lesotho into South Africa.
In a joint raid, mounted units from Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and the police made the arrests in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park.
In total, 66 bags of dagga with a street value of R3.6 million were seized.
The 13 men, aged between 25 and 33, were expected to appear in the Bergville Magistrate’s Court on Friday for being in possession of dagga and an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Police spokesman, Colonel Jay Naicker, said the bust was made by members of the Pietermaritzburg Mounted Unit and KZN Wildlife.
The joint operation was conducted in the Upper Tugela area in an effort to clamp down...
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