{"id":263961,"date":"2025-06-18T19:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=263961"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:47:37","slug":"khat-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/khat-seized\/","title":{"rendered":"Man langs R45 met sak v\u00f3l beskermde plante gevang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-attachment-id=\"263972\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/khat-seized\/khat-19-junie-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Khat-19-junie-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,903\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Khat 19 junie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Khat-19-junie-1-1024x771.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Khat-19-junie-1-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"Di\u00e9 bondels khat kon vir R9 000 op straat verkoop geword het. 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