Police removing dagga plants from a plantation near Groblersdal.
Photo: Limpopo Police
LIMPOPO – According to police spokesperson Lt Col Moatshe Ngoepe, the discovery was made in the Rossenekal policing area where dagga trees, to the street value of half a million rand was found.
“The suspect has since evaded arrest, he is still on the run but he has been identified and a manhunt has ensued.
Photo: Limpopo Police
Ngoepe says the plantation is still being destroyed by police, using a TLB and Grader supplied by the Elias Motswaledi Local Muncipality, under the Sekhukhune District Municipality.
Provincial Commissioner, Lt General Nneke Ledwaba, has applauded the Groblersdal Cluster on the job well done.
Photo: Limpopo Police
“These are some of the achievements to be acknowledged, showing a clear indication that we are winning the fight against the mushrooming of drugs in the province. Communities are still encouraged to continue supporting the police by giving information regarding the mushrooming of drugs with the sole objective of declaring Limpopo a drug free zone,” General Ledwaba concluded.
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