A recent video of a police raid of the Cannabis Social Club and Barber in Kraaifontein has taken social media by storm Cape {town} Etc reports.
Police arrived at the location in Windsor Park on Friday morning in search of illegal guns and instead found marijuana.
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Angelica Main posted a total of three videos to Facebook, capturing the police explaining the firearm control act to the owner of the social club, Timothy Duckitt.
The explanation came as a result of Duckitt asking for a search warrant.
He proceeded to inform the officers that he was awaiting a lawyer but that they could continue to search for guns as he only had ganja on hand, for which he had a permit.
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While conducting their search, the police found various containers filled with marijuana.
In one of the videos posted, Duckitt is seen being handcuffed after an officer claimed he was not cooperating.
In response, Duckitt went on to say that ‘I wanted to smoke my bong before they put the cuffs on me.’
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Facebook users expressed their discontent at the police for targeting harmless individuals and called for policemen to invest their time and resources into finding true criminals who hurt the innocent.
Angelica, the wife of Mr Duckitt, stated that she felt violated during the incident.
‘The police also didn’t put any of what they took from us in police sealed bags, they just carried all our stuff out, and put it in Shoprite bags, and they also didn’t give us a list of what they took,’ she told the DailyVoice.
The Social Club has now been closed while lawyers have taken over the case.
According to their legal representative, Wildre Fourie, the clients followed procedure and visited the local police station last month to inform the police of the club and showcase their permit to cultivate cannabis for their own use.
According to Joseph Swartbooi, the police spokesperson Warrant Officer, a total of five bags containing marijuana were found hidden in the house and this resulted in the detention and charging of Mr Duckitt.
Mr Duckitt appeared in the Blue Downs Magistrate Court yesterday.
Angelica Main has since shared on Facebook that ‘all charges have been withdrawn as the police had no case.’
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