Take note: when travelling with a large amount of illegal substances, please be sure to drive safely.

Rolling your car and injuring one of your passengers is really not going to help the situation.

Unfortunately, for a trio of drug smugglers driving to Kimberley, that’s what happened.

Just 20km outside the city, the “dagga smugglers” rolled their delivery vehicle, strewing bags stuffed with the drug all over the side of the R357.

The worst of it was that police were already on the lookout for a white vehicle loaded with bags. This from Northern Cape police spokesman‚ Captain Olebogeng Tawana:

All directions leading into Kimberley were patrolled and monitored. During patrols a white vehicle fitting the same description was found overturned after it rolled just 20 kms outside Kimberley.

Three suspects were pounced on by the Kimberley Saps Crime Intelligence Unit‚ Flying Squad and K9 Units.

Upon investigation at the scene where the vehicle overturned and rolled‚ police members recovered 24 black refuse bags filled with dagga weighing 77.1kg with an estimated street value of R385 000.

Some of the bags were flung and strewn outside the vehicle while other bags were found stashed in the boot and the back seat.

One of the suspects was taken to hospital for medical treatment. They are aged between 35 and 50 and will appear soon in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court.

Eish.

[source:timeslive]