Police doing a routine crime prevention were surprised that a panel van they had pulled over contained dagga with an estimated street value of R1.5-million.
They were even more surprised when they recognized the driver as a repeat offender.
Police members of the Motherwell Operational Command Centre (OCC), in Nelson Mandela Metro, pulled over a 46-year-old suspect driving a white Toyota Quantum panel van at around 00:30AM on Wednesday morning.
The OCC found the van laden with 21 bags of dagga, with a combined weight of over 600 kilograms.
According to Captain Andre Beetge, the suspect had been arrested on the 10th of September in Govan Mbeki, close to the scene of his most recent arrest.
“In that case he was arrested for possession of 26 bags of dagga with an estimated street value of R1.2-million.
“The suspect was released after his first arrest due to lack of evidence,” said Beetge.
The suspect is due to face a charge of dealing in dagga at the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Second time unlucky for alleged dagga peddler
They were even more surprised when they recognized the driver as a repeat offender.
Police members of the Motherwell Operational Command Centre (OCC), in Nelson Mandela Metro, pulled over a 46-year-old suspect driving a white Toyota Quantum panel van at around 00:30AM on Wednesday morning.
The OCC found the van laden with 21 bags of dagga, with a combined weight of over 600 kilograms.
According to Captain Andre Beetge, the suspect had been arrested on the 10th of September in Govan Mbeki, close to the scene of his most recent arrest.
“In that case he was arrested for possession of 26 bags of dagga with an estimated street value of R1.2-million.
“The suspect was released after his first arrest due to lack of evidence,” said Beetge.
The suspect is due to face a charge of dealing in dagga at the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
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