Police find R5 000 worth of dagga during stop-and-search operation
KaMhlushwa SAPS arrested four men after they found fifteen bags of dagga in their possession during a routine stop-and-search operation on Monday.
KAMHLUSHWA – Fifteen bags of dagga with the street value of R5 000 were recovered by police during a routine stop-and-search on the R570 on Monday morning.
KaMhlushwa station commander, Capt Mzwandile Nyambi, and his crime prevention team were stationed near Laughing Waters when they found the drugs in a vehicle.
Four men between the ages of 18 and 30 from Hazyview and Mganduzweni were arrested.
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Nyambi said he was disappointed to see young men being arrested for possession of dagga. He urged young people considering turning to crime to go back to school and “hustle hard for a better life”.
Community members are reminded that it is still illegal to be found in possession of dagga outside of your home.
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On September 18 the Constitutional Court ruled that the private use of marijuana is legal.
This means that people can cultivate, possess and use dagga in their own homes. Cultivation may only be done for personal use, not to distribute or sell it to others.
It is illegal to smoke it outside of your home or sell it to anyone.
The Constitutional Court gave Parliament 24 months to rectify the constitutional defects in the relevant sections of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act of 1992 and the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act of 1965.
It will be up to government to determine the age restriction for use and how much dagga a person may cultivate and use in private.
