Gogo's green fingers get her arrested - her garden was 'dope'

An 81-year-old woman has been arrested in Willowvale after dagga plants were discovered on her property.

Police spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha said officers were on patrol at Mente Village in Willowvale on Wednesday afternoon when they noticed the plants in the suspect’s garden.

“Police uprooted dagga plants from the garden of the suspect. The suspect was charged with possession of dagga plants. A total of eight dagga plants to the value of R2‚500 were uprooted‚” Manatha said.

The woman was expected to appear in the Willowvale Magistrate’s Court on a charge of possession of dagga plants on Thursday.

- TMG Digital/HeraldLIVE