- Border police were performing their normal stop and search duties when they stopped a Toyota Quantum taxi.
- During the search, they found Bhekithemba Simelane with dagga hidden on his body.
- Authorities say Simelane was enroute to Vyrheid in KwaZulu-Natal from Eswatini.
Mpumalanga police arrested a taxi commuter who was found with 4kg of dagga wrapped around his waist with packing tape.
Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said Mahamba border control officers arrested Bhekithemba Simelane, 43, from Eswatini, during a search on the N2 Piet Retief-Pongola Road.
Mohlala added Simelane was enroute to Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal.
"According to information, police officers from the Mahamba port of entry were performing normal stop and search duties when they stopped a Toyota Quantum taxi.
"A search was conducted, and a large quantity of dagga, weighing 3.922 kg, was found wrapped around Simelane's body," he said.
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Mohlala added Simelane appeared in the Piet Retief Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
He will remain in custody until his next appearance in court on 6 March.
The incident comes after the arrest of a man, 25, at the Jeppes Reef border post on Thursday morning. Mohlala said the man was charged with violating the Immigration Act and dagga possession.