{"id":42461,"date":"2022-06-16T12:12:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T12:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?p=42461"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:13:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T12:13:43","slug":"police-intercepts-a-truck-with-khat-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-intercepts-a-truck-with-khat-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Police intercepts a truck with Khat plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Park Road &#8211; Bloemfontein K-9 Unit members intercepted a truck loaded with Khat plants on Wednesday evening, 15 June 2022.<br \/>\nMembers 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.<br \/>\nMembers 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&#8217;s Court soon.<br \/>\nGeneral 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.<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park Road &#8211; 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. 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