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.