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Company petitions High Court over impounded medical cannabis contraband
Pascalinah Kabi
A LOCAL medical cannabis company, Magic Dragon Medical, claims it has asked the High Court to order the release of a consignment of cannabis impounded by the army in Butha-Buthe enroute to South Africa earlier this month.
The army announced that it had seized a contraband of medical cannabis from a 23-year-old man who was allegedly attempting to smuggle it into South Africa. It accused medical cannabis companies of engaging in illicit trade of the product by farming it in Lesotho and smuggling it into South Africa to avoid paying taxes.
Army busts medical cannabis smuggling racket Army busts medical cannabis smuggling racket
Bereng Mpaki
THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) says it recently busted a medical cannabis smuggling operation by a licensed local producer.
An officer in the LDF public affairs office, Lance Corporal Pule Maseela, said they intercepted and recovered 53 bags of medical cannabis destined for South Africa via Butha-Buthe.
Lance Corporal Maseela said preliminary investigations by the military intelligence (MI) showed that the cannabis had originated from one of the licensed local producers. He said the investigations pointed to the likelihood of tax avoidance by cannabis producers as the reason for smuggling medical cannabis.