Police confiscated 21 bags of dagga weighing about 180kg and valued at approximately R1 million after stopping a vehicle on the R39 Road in Morgenzon.

Two foreign nationals have been arrested after police allegedly found about 180kg of dagga worth an estimated R1 million in a vehicle during a crime-combating operation in Morgenzon, Mpumalanga.

The men, aged 30 and 40, were arrested on the R39 Road at about 8.30am on Thursday after members of the Morgenzon SAPS and Secunda Flying Squad stopped a white Volkswagen Golf.

Mpumalanga police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane said officers were conducting an operation in the Morgenzon policing precinct when they spotted the vehicle with Mpumalanga registration plates.

Police stopped and searched the Golf, allegedly discovering 21 bags containing dagga.