In October last year police raided premises at a business park in the Cape Town suburb of Ottery.
The premises were used by The Haze Club (THC), known as a cannabis grow club a business that leases to clients what it deems to be private space, in an appropriate facility, where it cultivates clients’ cannabis on their behalf.
THC effectively ceased operating as a result of the police clampdown and has now approached the Western Cape high court to try and have the business model it’s based on deemed lawful.
On Tuesday, the same day it filed a notice of motion in this matter, another cannabis clampdown was carried out in the Cape Town southern suburb of Noordhoek.
Alleged rapist found hiding out at parentsâ home
By Monique Duval
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Cape Town - An alleged rapist from Grassy Park is behind bars after clever cops realised his parents were telling lies to keep him out of jail.
The 26-year-old man, who is accused of raping his former wife, was caught after cops refused to listen to his parents and found him hiding in the back of a bakkie during a search of their home.
Grassy Park Police Station commander Colonel Dawood Laing says detectives from the Nyanga Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) contacted the station after they could not find the suspect.
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Wonder Mgude is set to appear in the Bellville Serious Commercial Crime Court on Thursday on 118 counts of fraud.
He was first arrested in October 2017.
He s said to have been on the run since March 2019.
An alleged serial bank card scammer has been arrested and faces over 100 charges, after being on the run since March 2019.
Wonder Mgude, 35, was arrested by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit on Wednesday in Stikland, Western Cape and faces 118 charges relating to conspiracy to commit fraud and forgery to the tune of over R100 000 in contravention of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act.
In October this year, police in the Western Cape announced that provincial detectives had arrested two suspects on drug trafficking charges during a raid at a business park in the suburb of Ottery.
Members of the Detectives Narcotic Unit and Flying Squad “uncovered a hydroponic cannabis laboratory comprising dagga-drying equipment and various dagga plants valued at around R82,200,” police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut had said.
He added: “Four cooling units transformed into hot houses, fully equipped with plants in various stages of cultivation, were found. The equipment, the plants and a substantial amount of dried cannabis were confiscated.”
It turned out the target of this clampdown had been The Haze Club (THC), described on its website as “South Africa’s first 100% Legal Premium Growing Service”.