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Dagga with a street value of R500 000, plus an undisclosed amount of money was found at houses in Moakeng by members of the Maokeng Crime Prevention unit in cooperation with the Sasolburg Public Order Police (POP) task team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities received information from the community about houses in Maokeng where dagga was reportedly sold. On Friday (16\/09) at about 19:20, they followed up on these reports and found a 49-year-old foreign national with bags containing dagga worth an estimated street value of R500 000 and an additional undisclosed amount of money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was arrested and authorities were lead to another house in Seeisoville for further investigations. Dagga worth R30 000 and an undisclosed amount of money was recovered. A 24-year-old man was arrested, who then tried to bribe police members who aided in the arrest. 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