Two men were due to appear in the Sterkspruit Magistrate's Court on Monday for the alleged possession of 58 bags of dagga, Eastern Cape police said.
Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Mpumelelo Landu said the two were arrested outside Sterkspruit when police searched two vehicles they were travelling in on Friday.
Police confiscated 58 bags of dagga each weighing about 120kg.
“The value of the dagga was about R6,9-million,” said Landu.
In another incident, a 27-year-old man was due to appear in the Indwe Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly raping his two-year-old niece in Phumlani township in the Eastern Cape.
Landu said the man was arrested on Friday evening. - Sapa