Monday, January 24, 2011

Cops swoop on dagga ‘hothouse’

Police have confiscated dagga plants with an estimated street value of R400,000 from the garage of a Table View house.

Spokesman FC Van Wyk said a tip-off led police to the garage of a private residence at about 8pm on Friday. The garage, he said, had been converted into a “hothouse” for the growing of dagga plants.

A total of 413 plants were confiscated, Van Wyk said.

Police also removed two air conditioners, lights, 12 transformers, five humidifiers and 13 coco peat blocks, which can be used for hydroponic plant growth.

Seven people were arrested and were due to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The suspects are aged between 20 and 49, Van Wyk said.

He said the seven had been charged with illegal possession and dealing in cannabis.

- IOL / SAPS

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Stupid SAPS. When the dumb pigs aren't in Marikana killing miners or dragging taxi drivers to death behind police vans then they are chaasing harmless dagga... 75000 rapes per month?!? Ja, it's true and less than 1% are convicted... so rape is a crime that has no punishment, but dagga killed no one ever and no matter that liberal, modern countries are legalising dagga with great success... You SAPS are worse than apartheid Pigs