Dagga-munching flock gives new meaning to 'joint of lamb'

A flock of sheep were left feeling rather woolly-headed after munching on thousands of rands worth of dagga plants.

The animals began stumbling about after getting high on seven bags of the intoxicating plant, which had been dumped in their field in the UK.

Police won't be taking action against the sheep for tucking into their illegal meal but are determined to catch the "irresponsible" crooks who grew and discarded the drug.

The hoard of plants, with a street value of about R71000, was found by the flock at Fanny's Farm, in Merstham.

Farm shop manager Nellie Budd said: "My sheep being inquisitive had an interesting feast. They weren't quite on their backs with legs in the air but they probably had the munchies.

"They haven't had any other side effects but I'll tell you about the meat next week.

"At first I thought it was someone's hedgerow rubbish."

Investigating officer Detective Constable David Fair said: "It is extremely irresponsible of whoever dumped these plants."

However, bringing the criminals to justice will be a challenge because the sheep chomped their way through quite a lot of the evidence.