HIGHVELD – The Secunda Hawks, the Secunda Dog Unit, Crime Intelligence and Counter Narcotics busted a drug lab with its own dagga cultivation system on a plot in Volksrust on Tuesday, 21 August.
The team executed a search and seizure warrant at the farm Droefheid in the Volksrust district.
Capt Dineo Segotodi, spokesperson for the Hawks (DPCI) in Mpumalanga, said they found about 112 Cannabis plants, growing equipment and 20kg of dried dagga.
The entire grow process was set up in a hydroponic system.
The Hawks arrested Mr Philip Laurence Gallie (58) and Ms Sarah Jane Gallie (42). Ms Gallie’s ID book indicated her surname as that of Thomas.
Capt Segotodi said the total value of the exhibits seized is about R450 000.
This includes laptops, cell phones, a 9mm Browning pistol and ammunition, 112 dagga plants, growing equipment and 20kg of dried dagga.
The arrested couple appeared in the Volksrust Magistrate’s Court on 22 August and was released on bail of R10 000 each with strict bail conditions.
The case was postponed to 23 November.
