Man accused of running dagga lab back in court soon

The case against a man accused of operating a dagga lab has been postponed to 28 April.

28-year-old Jakobus Lourens appeared in the Virginia Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on charges of dealing and operating a hydroponic cannabis lab.

He was been arrested two days earlier when police officers searched his property in Virginia after receiving a tip off.

During the search, the team established that the garage and another building on the premises were apparently set-up for the cultivation of cannabis.

Officers seized equipment, chemicals, growing lights, and several dagga plants, dried and raw dagga amounting to more than R70,000.

Lourens was granted R3,000 bail.

-EWN

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