Seven busted for 350kg of dagga worth P1.8m

Local police have launched a crackdown on drugs
Local police have launched a crackdown on drugs

Seven men, six being Batswana and one foreigner from Swaziland, are facing felony charges after the police seized 18 bags full of dagga in their possession on Friday night at Gaborone West industrial.

In an interview with Mmegi the Botswana Police Service (BPS)’s director of crime intelligence, Nunu Lesetedi said the seven men were arrested when they were still busy offloading the bags from a horse and trailer that was transporting goods from South Africa.

“The police caught the suspects whilst still in the action of offloading the 25kg bags full of dagga from the truck. Police confiscated 18 bags of dagga and all of the seven men are currently in custody helping the police with investigations,” Lesetedi said.

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