Katlholo Molapo (47) appeared in the Mmabatho Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, facing charges of possession of drugs and dealing in drugs. The accused was arrested by members of the Mmabatho-based Serious Organised Crime Investigation on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, following information received about a truck loaded with […]
A vehicle checkpoint at Prince Albert resulted in the seizure of 2 057 grams of dagga on Thursday, 1 October 2026. Members of the Flying Squad searched a long-distance bus travelling from Mthatha to Cape Town. During the search, they found a bag containing 2 057 grams of dagga with […]
The South African Police Service (#SAPS) in Limpopo continues to intensify operations aimed at disrupting the illegal trafficking of drugs following the arrest of two foreign nationals and the seizure of dagga worth approximately R1.5 million at Baobab Tollgate in the Vhembe District. On Friday, 18 September 2026, at approximately […]
The #SAPS in Hoedspruit, in partnership with Hoedspruit Farm Watch, achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against drug trafficking after arresting two suspects aged 38 and 43, found in possession of a large consignment of dagga valued at more than R1.5 million. The arrests were effected on Thursday, 11 […]
The Provincial Anti-Hijacking Task Team in Ehlanzeni, working in collaboration with the Mbombela Law Enforcement Intervention Team, successfully intercepted a vehicle transporting a large quantity of suspected dagga on Friday, 27 March 2026. At approximately 17:00, members were conducting routine tracking and tracing operations in the Ehlanzeni area when they […]
Two Zimbabwean nationals, Tinashe Chitsamba (40) and Oscar Mutsetemari (45), appeared before the Mkhondo Magistrate’s Court today for dealing in dagga. The duo were arrested on 04 December 2025 at about 20:35 on the N2 near Mahamba in Mpumalanga. The Police in Mahamba were on their routine crime prevention patrols […]
In continued operations, on Friday, at around 11:00, Benoni Flying Squad members operationalised information of a grey Hilux transporting dagga on the R23, near Tsakane. Members traced the vehicle and pulled it over. The 50-year-old driver was immediately arrested after four large bags of dagga were discovered. The suspect was […]
A 32-year-old man, Mpendulo Raymond Vilakati, from the Kingdom of Eswatini, was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of R50 000 (fifty thousand rand) or, in default of payment, to twelve (12) years’ imprisonment for dealing in dagga. According to information, on Monday, 27 October 2025, at about 18:30, […]
Police in Tonga recovered dagga with an estimated street value of several million rand following a high-speed chase in Sibange near Tonga on Friday, 13 June 2025, at approximately 18:20. Members from the Ehlanzeni District (Tonga Task Team) were conducting a stop and search operation in the Sibange area when […]
The Police in Mpumalanga are intolerable to criminal activities hence three members of the SAPS were arrested this afternoon, 10 June 2025, at about 15:00. The three police officers, between the ages of 32 and 49, were apprehended as they were allegedly escorting a vehicle trafficking dagga along the N4 […]
