Park Road – Bloemfontein K-9 Unit members intercepted a truck loaded with Khat plants on Wednesday evening, 15 June 2022.

Members were on patrol and, at about 20:00 the duo received an intelligence driven information about a truck on the N1 about to pass Bloemfontein en route to Cape Town.

Members acted swiftly and halted the truck on the N1 just outside Bloemfontein. Police searched the truck and found 11 boxes filled with Khat plants. A truck driver aged 39 and two passengers aged 31 and 39 were apprehended for dealing in drugs worth about R 150 000-00. The trio will appear before Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court soon.

General Baile Motswenyane, Free State Police Provincial Commissioner welcomed the arrest as these drugs will not land in the hands of the youth during the Youth Day.

Source: South African Police Service