SA COPS NAB LISWATI WITH E200 000 DAGGA

MBABANE – Yet another liSwati (48) was nabbed with 48.2kg of dagga worth over E200 000 at the Oshoek Border Gate on Monday.

It is said the suspect was arrested when crossing the border from the South African side by the police who stopped and searched the white Nissan UD truck he was driving, which had locally registration numbers. It was during that period when members of the South African Police Services (SAPS) searched the truck and discovered about eight rolls of dagga wrapped with brown sellotape and hidden underneath the base of the truck’s trailer. Efforts to reach the truck’s company proved futile at the time of compiling this article.

Charged

According to a media statement issued by the office of the provincial commissioner in Mpumalanga, the man was arrested and charged and the dagga, as well as the truck, were seized for further investigations. Brigadier Selvy Mohlala of the SAPS,confirmed this incident as he said: “A man (48) from the Kingdom of Eswatini is due to appear at the Chief Albert Luthuli Magistrates Court today (yesterday) on allegations of dealing in dagga after he was reportedly found in possession of 48.2 kilogrammes of dagga with an estimated street value of about R202 440.”

However, after appearing before the court of law, the case was postponed to September 26, 2023 and the suspect will remain in custody until then for a plea bargain. The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela, welcomed the arrest of the suspect and reiterated that police continued in their determination to battle cross-border crimes, which included the trafficking of dagga or drugs.Most recently, the SAPS arrested two men who smuggled cannabis out of the country with a street value of approximately E800 000.

Port

The two men aged 35 and 43 were arrested by the SA police at the Nerston port of entry, which borders South Africa and Eswatini. This was after they were found with the dagga stashed inside a grey Toyota sedan. According to Colonel Donald Mdluli, the SA police members from border policing were busy with their routine patrols on Friday at around 4pm along the R65 Nerston-Westoe Road, when they stopped and searched a suspicious Toyota Etios, which was travelling from Nerston heading towards the Westoe direction. Also, a 38-year-old liSwati was arrested at low’s Creek, Mpumalanga for the possession of 341.7 kilogrammes of dagga worth E1 million. He was arrested after an Intelligence Driven Operation which gathered information about a grey Toyota single cab bakkie with one occupant. The SAPS are said to have stopped the said vehicle, searched and discovered 19 bags which contained dagga.

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