A Dutch citizen living on a smallholding north of Pretoria and his South African wife were arrested on Tuesday for various charges related to dagga, police said.
”The man from Holland and his South African wife had established a dagga plantation on their Hammanskraal smallholding from dagga seeds smuggled in from Holland,” said Constable Brenda Kgafela.
The man and his wife, both 45, were arrested for possession of dagga, planting dagga with the intention to distribute it, and for dealing in dagga.
”The couple grew the plants in containers, transferring them to bigger ones as they grew, dried them and then sold the dagga in Durban and Cape Town.”
Kgafela said an estimated R100 000 worth of dagga was found on the property.
The two are to appear in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s court on Wednesday.
In Holland it is legal for a person to be in possession of no more than five grams of dagga. – Sapa