Sergeant Malebo Khosana said the Virginia crime prevention unit and the Welkom dog unit descended on the Goedbegin Farm after a tip-off and apprehended the three outside the farmhouse on Tuesday afternoon.

A search yielded six-and-a-half bags of dagga worth over R100 000, said Khosana.

The three people in their 20s could also not produce travel documents.

The owner of the house was also arrested and will face a charge of harbouring undocumented people and allowing them to commit a crime on his premises.

All four will appear in the Virginia Magistrate's Court on Thursday, 21 May.

Khosana said the station commissioner of Virginia police Senior Superintendent Mathibello Coobi lauded the policemen and the community for this huge success.

"I thank members of Virginia crime prevention and Welkom dog unit for their good work as well as the community for providing us with the valuable information.

"We appreciate the commitment shown by our community and we are looking forward to such co-operation in our fight against crime in Virginia," said a comment attributed to Coobi.

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