0:00:02 > 0:00:07This programme contains some strong language
0:00:07 > 0:00:10All over the world, hundreds and thousands of people are fighting a hidden war.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12The outcome of which could affect us all.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It's the war against drugs.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Despite worldwide efforts to crack down,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18drug use continues to rise.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22So I'm travelling across three continents to investigate
0:00:22 > 0:00:24the newest drugs on the market.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Who's really behind the narcotics trade?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30And what are the authorities doing to stamp it out?
0:00:31 > 0:00:35I've travelled to Mexico to investigate the brutal cartels
0:00:35 > 0:00:38trafficking crystal meth on an industrial scale.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40I mean, you see how tiny it is on that knife,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and then you see how many huge bags we've got here.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Gives you an indication of how many people would get very high off of this.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48And in Cambodia...
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Welcome to the Cardamoms.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52..I go on the trail of the production of ecstasy.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Oh, there's someone there.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Tonight, I'm in South Africa,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02a source of our most used illegal drug, cannabis.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05This is going to E16, East London.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Well, I know exactly where that is.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I discover a new stronger weed that's hitting the UK.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12This one is the strong stuff.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14So that's where you'll make your big money.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Yeah, that's where I make a lot of money.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20And I confront the people accused of dealing.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21Is that not a concern for you,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24that you don't know how drugs are getting into your place?
0:01:24 > 0:01:25I don't know, I wasn't here.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Are you selling it to children, to young kids?
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I follow the police in one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Really, I'm not looking to push my luck. This is Johannesburg.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Everyone's got a gun except me...
0:01:39 > 0:01:42and we're doorstepping drug dealers.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48And I see what really happens when cannabis use is taken to extremes.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53I smoke until I die. I get crazy if I don't get this thing.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55And it decimates a generation.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Tonight, I'm in South Africa,
0:02:11 > 0:02:18one of the main suppliers of high strength cannabis to Britain.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22I'm starting my investigation at Oliver Tambo International,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26the largest and busiest airport in Africa,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28and the new front line in the trafficking of drugs
0:02:28 > 0:02:30from Africa to Europe.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Thank you. Thanks so much.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Here it's the job of airport police captains Beatrice Wanyama
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and Ian Polley to catch the drug smugglers.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43How often will you have a definite suspect,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45someone particular that you're looking for?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Every day?- Yeah.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52So when was the last time you found cannabis here?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02How was it that you found her?
0:03:03 > 0:03:04So you had a tip off?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10The woman was caught with 20 kilos of cannabis,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13but tonnes could be going through this airport
0:03:13 > 0:03:15and over to Europe every year.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Later, I get a heads up about a suspicious package
0:03:21 > 0:03:22that's just been seized.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Oh, my God!
0:03:30 > 0:03:31It stinks.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Three.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38That looks like stuffing, you know on your roast dinner,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40when you have stuffing?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43This is going to East London, well, I know exactly where that is.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45E16, East London.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48All the hipsters are going to have no weed to smoke.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51And this one? Exeter.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53And in terms of your relationship with the UK,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56will you give the UK a call and say,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59we found a load of weed that was supposed to be coming to you?
0:04:02 > 0:04:03OK.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07How likely is it that you will find the people responsible?
0:04:11 > 0:04:15So there will be no repercussions for the sender or the person
0:04:15 > 0:04:17who was hoping to receive it?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Why do you think they suspected these packages,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26because from the outside it looks very innocent.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Oh there's more, more, more.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Look, there's some here as well. - Yeah.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49One, two, three, four....
0:04:49 > 0:04:51five, six, seven, eight packages.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58They're done a good job, haven't they, of compressing that?
0:04:58 > 0:05:01But looks like none of this weed, none of this ganja will be smoked...
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- No.- ..at addresses in London or Exeter.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09The main priority for the police here
0:05:09 > 0:05:12is trying to keep on top of what's coming in.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14So they're a lot less focused really about what's going out.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Understandably so. They only really go down that route
0:05:17 > 0:05:19if they've got concrete intelligence.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21So that's good news for a smuggler, isn't it,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25who's trying to get cannabis from South Africa in to the UK.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Beatrice and her team are also on the lookout for drugs
0:05:28 > 0:05:30being smuggled from all over the world,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33through the airport to Europe.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41So right now we're going to pick up a flight that's just landed
0:05:41 > 0:05:43from Sao Paulo, and the captains are telling me
0:05:43 > 0:05:46that they've got no definite suspect on this particular flight,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49but these flights are suspicious generally.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So we're going to go and speak to their colleagues and see
0:05:52 > 0:05:55if they've indentified any people that could be possibly
0:05:55 > 0:05:57trafficking from South America.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01So what's the first thing you're going to do?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12The police check all passengers.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16They're looking for people who appear nervous or agitated, have
0:06:16 > 0:06:20booked flights at the last minute with cash or are travelling light.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- For how many days in South Africa? - I leave on Saturday.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Currently, there are a couple of people who they've just put
0:06:26 > 0:06:29to one side who they'd like to have a further chat with.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It doesn't necessarily mean that they think they've got drugs,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34but it's something they do on a daily basis.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36So if any of them are smuggling,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40I'm sure they're feeling sick with nerves, and I'm sure a lot
0:06:40 > 0:06:44of them aren't, and it's just a bit of a hassle, a bit of a palaver.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Two passengers travelling without luggage
0:06:46 > 0:06:49are suspected of being drug mules.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59And when you say a swallower, they swallow a condom?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12And if it shows that they have got bullets?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26For me, the idea of swallowing just sounds horrific.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29You know, if you're body wrapped or you've got it in your luggage,
0:07:29 > 0:07:34you can leave it on a carousel if you have a sudden change of heart,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37or you can just, you know, rip it off and throw it somewhere.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40If it's inside you, it's like a ticking time bomb.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43There's no way that you can leave it.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46And you know, sometimes they die mid-air on the flight.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Sometimes they're eight months pregnant,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51they've got 110 bullets inside them.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56It's just such a huge risk to take,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00and if you get caught with all them drugs inside you, there's really
0:08:00 > 0:08:03no way you can distance yourself from the smuggling.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Once all the passengers are off, the sniffer dogs check the plane
0:08:07 > 0:08:09and I'm surprised to hear why.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14So sometimes they leave the drugs on the plane for somebody to collect?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17That would suggest that people that are working within
0:08:17 > 0:08:19the airport are facilitating them.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27So it's an inside job sometimes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Corruption is a big issue for you.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33What about other police officers?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Why are so many airport workers feeling confident
0:08:42 > 0:08:44that they can help a smuggler and get away with it?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Has anyone ever asked you to facilitate them?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Smuggler might have his eye on you right now.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Yeah.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Trying to work out your price.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10If corruption here is as bad as Beatrice alleges,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I'm beginning to understand why so much of the cannabis
0:09:13 > 0:09:17getting to Britain is coming from South Africa.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Of course I'd love to meet a smuggler.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21That's the very person who everybody's trying to catch.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24So to be able to have a conversation and try
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and understand where they're coming from would be amazing.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33I want to know more about how it's done
0:09:33 > 0:09:36so I've tracked down a drug trafficker who's agreed
0:09:36 > 0:09:39to talk to me on the condition we don't reveal his identity.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48This evening, I've arranged to have a chat with a local guy,
0:09:48 > 0:09:53and my understanding is that it was his job to move huge amounts
0:09:53 > 0:09:56of cannabis around, and he knows exactly how it gets
0:09:56 > 0:09:59from South Africa to the UK and to London.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- I'm Stacey. - I'm Mr Green.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Mr Green, I wonder if you could tell me exactly how cannabis
0:10:09 > 0:10:14goes from South Africa and makes its way over to Europe and into the UK.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16That would be by air or ship.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Erm, by air people would be given a suitcase,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25and pack it with approximately 15 kilos of product,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29and they would then fly to the UK with that suitcase.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31The sniffer dogs - are they an issue?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34If we wanted to be really cautious, we'd put in a layer of food.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37That complete disguises the smell.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39If you want to move tonnes, you move it in a container.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43The product would be packed in goods like...
0:10:43 > 0:10:46African artwork that is hollowed out.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51That container's already been flagged to be put in a specific area
0:10:51 > 0:10:53at the dock that it's arriving at,
0:10:53 > 0:10:58and that's done via people that worked, let's say, alongside us.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02And they're not directly involved in actually moving the product.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- They're just turning a blind eye. - Yeah.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Do you and your colleagues have a relationship
0:11:07 > 0:11:10with the police in terms of informers?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Yes, we do. They're a key part of the game.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16You, you need what they know
0:11:16 > 0:11:19in order to expedite your shipment.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24And immigration, port authorities, the police...
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Even at a government level.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28How do you approach someone and say,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30"Do you want to be part of our chain?"
0:11:30 > 0:11:33You would notice that they worked in an airport,
0:11:33 > 0:11:38and a lot of people frequent pubs and that's a good place to do business.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It would take a few weeks,
0:11:40 > 0:11:45and then you would get down to talking money.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47So do you believe everyone has a price?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Vast majority do, yes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52How much were you making, best month?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Best month was 50,000 euro.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59There were people that were above me that were making a lot more.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Millions?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Millions, yeah.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08Some people up to, let's say, a million euro a week.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Moving it from South Africa to Europe...
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- Yes. - ..to the UK, in some circumstances.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Yes. In terms of marijuana,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18there's a demand for very good quality product that people
0:12:18 > 0:12:23know already, such as Swazi Gold, and huge amounts of it are grown.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Ethically, you,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28you have no issues with how you've made all of your money?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Not at all. It's a choice I made.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34My issue is that people at the bottom are sometimes vulnerable
0:12:34 > 0:12:37and sometimes exploited. You can't say that's a choice.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41They've been forced into that position because there's no other alternatives.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43There's no such thing as no choice.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Mr Green tells me he's no longer involved in the drugs trade.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52But guys like him are smuggling vast quantities of cannabis
0:12:52 > 0:12:54out of South Africa every day,
0:12:54 > 0:12:58including a really strong strain of weed called Swazi Gold.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04And that's what I want to track down next, so I get back on the road.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07So people here will tell you that you have to head to Swaziland
0:13:07 > 0:13:10if you're wanting to see the strongest cannabis here,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12so the highest quality.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13So that's where I'm off to now.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It's a four-hour drive across Southern Africa
0:13:18 > 0:13:19to this tiny country.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24And one thing that makes this land so fertile
0:13:24 > 0:13:28and perfect for growing weed is the ever changing weather.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38This storm is unbelievable.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I've never seen anything quite like it in my whole entire life.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44We've had to change route because there's too many vans
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and trucks that way, so we think it's safer this way.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Just approaching the border
0:13:48 > 0:13:52will mean I'll leave South Africa and come into Swaziland.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And, yeah, everything crossed that I just get in,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58there's no problems, there's no hassle.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Swaziland authorities don't want the world knowing
0:14:01 > 0:14:03they're a major source of cannabis,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05so I have to get in to the country without them realising
0:14:05 > 0:14:08we're a film crew.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12As I approach the border, we switch off the camera.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15We're in.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Swaziland's tropical climate is perfect for growing weed.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32The cannabis, or "dagga" as it's known here,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36is grown high up in the mountains hidden away from the police.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41However, extreme weather and suspicious border guards
0:14:41 > 0:14:43aren't the only risks here.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Oh, my gosh.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53The whole lorry's just overturned
0:14:53 > 0:14:57and we've just seen a couple of people crawl out of the lorry.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58I think everyone's OK.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It's just totally crazy and it just, you know,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03it highlights where we are and it shakes you up a bit.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08This guy was in the car?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12He was the driver? He is OK?
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Three guys there that are, are in a pretty bad way.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21It's a miracle they're all alive,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25cos the thing literally flipped a couple of times.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28The ambulance have just arrived but we have to go.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30If any authorities see us with that camera, that's it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34We get chucked out. So yeah, we can go.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Back on the road, it's a further two hour climb before I hit
0:15:41 > 0:15:43the dirt track where I meet my guide.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Hello. I'm Stacey. - Yeah.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Very nice to meet you.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Yes. Thank you.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53My guide isn't a dealer himself
0:15:53 > 0:15:57but he knows a lot about the type of cannabis grown here.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Swaziland is notorious for growing stronger weed.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Why is the weed in Swaziland so good, so special?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Some of them are grandmothers? Grannies? Growing cannabis?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28That's crazy.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Wow. And where are their parents?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Hello.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00How do you do? Nice to meet you.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02This granny lost her husband
0:17:02 > 0:17:06and supports her huge family by growing cannabis.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07We can see your farm?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19It's just a matter of time before I fall down this hill.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Thousands of Swazi farmers grow this illegal weed.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26But in a bid to hide it from the police or prying eyes,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28they plant it in the middle of common food crops.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Ah, sweetcorn.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Although the field is completely hidden,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38the size of these illegal plants is unbelievable.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Wow. This is big!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Your holy field, yeah.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51I think it looks very big.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57500 plants.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58To me that's loads.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Like many young Swazis, this lad was clothed,
0:18:04 > 0:18:09fed and sent to school all from the proceeds of cannabis.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Now at 22, he feels he's got no alternative
0:18:12 > 0:18:15but to work in the fields just like the grannies.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Are there any other ways to make money in Swaziland?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31More money for cannabis?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Show me the end of the farm.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40I discover farmers her are growing a new, more potent cannabis.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48It smells so strong. I've smelt so many different types of cannabis.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50This smells so strong.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56The new strain also means farmers can grow two crops a year,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59doubling their income
0:18:59 > 0:19:02and the amount of cannabis being smuggled to the UK.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05On a good day, when they really want the ganja,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07how much is the best price for a kilo?
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Wow.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15So how many kilos will you grow in a year?
0:19:17 > 0:19:21I understand completely why people are drawn to the cannabis.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Yeah, yeah.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25But with growing an illegal plant, you always run the risk
0:19:25 > 0:19:29of being arrested, being caught by the authorities.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38What will you do if they find this farm and eradicate it?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Yeah?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49With little or no long term consequences,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Swazi cannabis farmers are able to churn out tonnes of weed every year.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59The farmer shows me inside his drying shed.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04So this stuff is completely dry now?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11The strength of this cross-bred Swazi skunk
0:20:11 > 0:20:15comes from the high concentration of THC crystals,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis that gets you high.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Ah, high kick.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I want to know if the farmer gives any thought
0:20:34 > 0:20:36to where his super skunk goes.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Where does this end up?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Who is smoking this at the end?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47You don't care if it's in London or South Africa,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49as long as you get the best price.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54It's not just small farmers profiting from the cannabis trade here,
0:20:54 > 0:20:55there are smugglers too.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59It's their job to pack the weed and get it across the border.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I want to find out how the drug is trafficked out of Swaziland.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Some guys have agreed to speak to me but I have to wait till nightfall.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I'm on my way now to go and meet one of the local traffickers here.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29So he'll personally take the weed across the border.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Dying to hear what that involves.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33It's really important that we keep a low profile.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36So we're going to turn the cameras off now
0:21:36 > 0:21:39and then ideally they'll be back on when we're in his house.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Inside, I meet two guys whose job it is to get the cannabis
0:21:45 > 0:21:49to South Africa and into the hands of smugglers like Mr Green.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52So tell me about your stuff, it's good?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Yeah. - Strong?
0:21:57 > 0:21:58God, you've got a lot there.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- It smells so strong. - Yeah.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11They seem like ordinary guys, but these lads are basically
0:22:11 > 0:22:15criminals, part of a huge illegal cannabis smuggling operation.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18What will you do with this?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27And then you drive the car yourself over the border?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38And how many of these parcels will you put in a car per trip?
0:22:40 > 0:22:4220 kilos?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Wow.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48How much for one trip, 20 kilos of the best, best stuff,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50how much will you get paid per kilo?
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- So that's £3-400 sterling. - Mm.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01That's a lot of money if you're selling 20 kilos.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03What do you do with that money?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10How many cars you got?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12You've got five cars.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Have you ever been in a situation where the police have clocked on
0:23:15 > 0:23:18to what you're doing and you have to bribe them?
0:23:21 > 0:23:25How much do you have to pay authorities to turn a blind eye?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Two thousand rand.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Is this the only way you can make this kind of money?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37The traffickers don't seem too worried
0:23:37 > 0:23:40about the illegal activity they're part of.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43The fact they could face 25 years inside
0:23:43 > 0:23:45doesn't seem to bother them either.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49They are confident they can bribe their way out of any trouble
0:23:49 > 0:23:50they may get into.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53When you start asking them how much they're earning,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56and that's very, very different to the situation at the farm.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59You know, they're doing it to feed themselves
0:23:59 > 0:24:02and pay for school fees. These lads have got five cars.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05So you can already see a stark difference.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08But it does sound like the closer the cannabis gets
0:24:08 > 0:24:12to its final destination, the more people can benefit
0:24:12 > 0:24:13and the more money can be made.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Top grade Swazi skunk fetches the best price,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24which is why containers full are shipped over to Europe and the UK.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31But not all of the cannabis goes abroad.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35A large proportion ends up being sold on the streets of South Africa.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42Drug consumption within South Africa is twice the world's norm,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46and just in this state alone, over 26,000 drug-related cases
0:24:46 > 0:24:47were reported last year.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50So it's Saturday night, I'm out with the police.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I'd say it's going to be busy.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Tonight, I'm hooking up with the South African Police in Ennerdale
0:24:56 > 0:24:59on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14- Yes.- OK.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20One, two, one, two...
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Captain.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25I'm very well. Thank you so much for having me.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I'm OK to shadow you and your workers this evening?
0:25:29 > 0:25:30What is the plan?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I'm feeling a little bit nervous but we will be OK.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38HE LAUGHS
0:25:38 > 0:25:42I do a bit. I've got no bulletproof and no gun.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Last year, the police seized almost 20,000 tonnes of cannabis
0:25:47 > 0:25:51and this evening they're targeting the homes of suspected drug dealers.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55I join Captain Morontsi
0:25:55 > 0:25:59and 28 other officers on the first raid of the night.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05So, Captain, how many addresses do you estimate you will visit
0:26:05 > 0:26:06this evening?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Got you.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21So this is the first address.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Am I staying in the car until you tell me I can come out?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27OK.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37I cannot believe how many police there are here, look around this.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Perhaps 10, 15 police vans
0:26:40 > 0:26:43and police cars have driven up to this address.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48They all had their guns, some had AK-47s, some had pistols,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50they kicked this gate in and they've all now
0:26:50 > 0:26:52made their way into this property.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57So the windows and the doors are all barred, they're all gated.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59I've been told it's safe to come to this point
0:26:59 > 0:27:01but, really, I'm not looking to push my luck.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02This is Johannesburg.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07It's late at night, everyone's got a gun except me
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and we're doorstepping drug dealers.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21At the first house there are no dealers and no drugs...
0:27:23 > 0:27:26..so it's off to the next house on their list.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Oh, it looks lively, it's lively.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Oh, my goodness gracious.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37DISTORTED LOUDSPEAKER BLARES
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- It's OK?- Yes, you can go.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46I get the all clear to enter where I find two guys who've been
0:27:46 > 0:27:48arrested after trying to make a run for it.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52They haven't found any cannabis
0:27:52 > 0:27:55but they have uncovered a box of drugs.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57You found what you were looking for.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Just here.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03So you think these boys are involved?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09You don't know anything about this?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37It's such a difficult situation.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40You know, he's not even 19 yet, this lad behind me.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44They've no idea who the drugs belong to.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47You know, this address is on their radar for a reason,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49so somebody here is dealing.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54What's the story?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07As the police catalogue the drugs they've seized,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09the landlord's son turns up.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Can I speak to you very quickly? Is that possible?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- Yes.- Thank you. This is your house?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Do you know why they are in your mother's house?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Is it true that you are selling drugs?
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Did you used to sell?
0:29:26 > 0:29:28But now you've quit?
0:29:28 > 0:29:29You've given that life up.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31So how come there are still drugs?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Is that not a concern for you that you don't know how
0:29:36 > 0:29:38drugs are getting into your place?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45What... What is your position now? What can you do?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Yeah. Yeah.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Yeah.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Yeah, I understand what you're saying.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59But I guess my question to you is have you is have you got, erm,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01enough evidence to arrest these guys?
0:30:09 > 0:30:10OK.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12No money has been found at the scene
0:30:12 > 0:30:16so there's no proof the boys were selling drugs.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19But the police aren't satisfied with one of the boys' story
0:30:19 > 0:30:21and they want to question him further.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27He was eventually charged with possession of crystal meth
0:30:27 > 0:30:29but never turned up for court.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I can see from my time with the police how tough it is for them
0:30:32 > 0:30:35to get to the root of the growing drug issue.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Cannabis users in search of ever bigger highs are now mixing
0:30:45 > 0:30:46weed with other more dangerous
0:30:46 > 0:30:52and toxic chemicals, creating a much more powerful and addictive drug.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00I head to Ivory Park, where large groups of young men
0:31:00 > 0:31:05spend their days smoking a new cannabis cocktail they call nyaope.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Hello. What's your name?
0:31:12 > 0:31:13My name is...
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Tracker. I'm Stacey.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Tell me about you and your friends.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Just chillin', smoking.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24And what're you boys smoking, nyaope?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30And what's your pal doing here with the glass?
0:31:32 > 0:31:33I see.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Nyaope is a mix of cannabis and heroin that's often cut with
0:31:40 > 0:31:44HIV drugs, rat poison and other toxic substances.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51The nyaope boys smoke their cannabis-laced joints
0:31:51 > 0:31:53whilst, just metres away,
0:31:53 > 0:31:56there's a bustling market and children playing.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01I'm just astonished that this is going on
0:32:01 > 0:32:06in broad daylight at the side of one of the busiest markets, you know,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09the police must know that these boys are here.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15The heroin content in nyaope may be as low as 10%
0:32:15 > 0:32:17but it makes these cannabis joints highly addictive.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Without nyaope in their system, the heroin withdrawals soon kick in.
0:32:31 > 0:32:37Restlessness, bone pain, insomnia, vomiting and stomach cramps -
0:32:37 > 0:32:39these are what the nyaope boys call the downs.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43So how much nyaope can you boys smoke a day?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- You smoke 15 of them bags a day?- Yeah.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53And when you haven't got the nyaope, how do you feel?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05You want help?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08The combination of cannabis and heroin is
0:33:08 > 0:33:12so addictive, the nyaope boys will do or sell anything
0:33:12 > 0:33:15to get the money they need for their next fix.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18This lad to the left is trying to sell me earrings.
0:33:18 > 0:33:19Show me what you've got.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23You're trying to sell these?
0:33:23 > 0:33:25So make-up and earrings?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Did you just steal these from the market?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37How much nyaope have you already smoked today?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- You've smoked 12 bags today? - Yeah.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45How old are you?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- 18.- 18 years old.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56OK.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00It's not unusual for kids as young as 14 to become
0:34:00 > 0:34:03addicted to this cannabis-heroin mix
0:34:03 > 0:34:07and recent reports suggest the age is dropping further.
0:34:07 > 0:34:08It is just mad.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11You know, so many of these guys want help.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14They say, "I don't want to do this shit any more, it's disgusting,
0:34:14 > 0:34:16"it's dirty, I'm dying."
0:34:16 > 0:34:17But, realistically, you know,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20the nearest rehab clinic is an hour's drive.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23As if they've got a car, as if they can get there.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24It's...
0:34:26 > 0:34:29And it's like they know that. It's like they know...
0:34:30 > 0:34:34..that really and truly there's very little chance that the help
0:34:34 > 0:34:35is going to come to them
0:34:35 > 0:34:38or they're going to be able to get themselves to it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43And it's a shame when you see guys
0:34:43 > 0:34:47living in this shitty environment, clucking every time they see
0:34:47 > 0:34:51someone with five rand because they think, "That's another hit."
0:34:52 > 0:34:54But that's the reality.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01It's estimated that 15% of South Africans have a drug addiction
0:35:01 > 0:35:05and health officials fear that, with the rise in nyaope,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07this figure could go much higher.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10So I want to know how harmful this cannabis cocktail is.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17I've come to Evaton, a township south of Johannesburg,
0:35:17 > 0:35:21to visit a drug support group based in a local health centre.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42The group is run twice a week by community therapist Girlie
0:35:42 > 0:35:44and nurse Vivian.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46They now see nyaope as the most dangerous addiction
0:35:46 > 0:35:48they have to deal with.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51What are the most severe side effects
0:35:51 > 0:35:54of cannabis, dagga and nyaope?
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Mental illness, like, episodes of psychosis?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Can that last for the rest of their lives?
0:36:21 > 0:36:26You know, I think some people can be quite dismissive of the effects that
0:36:26 > 0:36:30cannabis can have. How hard is it to say, "No, no, I'm not doing it"?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Not only is African weed strong enough to cause
0:36:45 > 0:36:48serious mental health problems on its own
0:36:48 > 0:36:50but all of the nyaope addicts
0:36:50 > 0:36:53in this room started off smoking cannabis or dagga.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12It's accurate to say that nyaope can kill your young people here?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18And who are new? A couple of you are new.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21You're new, you're new, you're new. Are you new?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Four new people?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25How long have you been here?
0:37:26 > 0:37:28A couple of weeks. How are you finding it?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- Yeah.- Yes.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45When was the last time you smoked nyaope?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- That's good.- Yes.- You've been clean for three days?- Yes.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Cos of the cramps?
0:37:58 > 0:37:59How old are you?
0:37:59 > 0:38:0118.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02When did you start?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- SHE WHISTLES - 14?- Yes.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12APPLAUSE
0:38:15 > 0:38:17It's good to see someone so young
0:38:17 > 0:38:20and so determined trying to quit nyaope
0:38:20 > 0:38:22but Tulu has an especially shocking tale.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Tulu tells me how stealing to feed his nyaope habit led to him
0:38:41 > 0:38:43being brutally stabbed.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- And you said your organs were hanging out?- Yeah.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- So it's a miracle you survived?- Yes.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Why have you decided that
0:38:51 > 0:38:54you just don't want to be smoking this any more?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Mum and Dad have passed?
0:39:16 > 0:39:17And you're...
0:39:19 > 0:39:20How old were you?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26So who's been looking after you since you were 11?
0:39:32 > 0:39:33You OK?
0:39:39 > 0:39:44You just wish that people weren't in this position but unfortunately
0:39:44 > 0:39:48they are and there's a lot of them living a life like that.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53It's rough. And, you know, I'm so privileged and I...
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Every time I come to places like this I think, "Shit, you know what?
0:39:59 > 0:40:00"Truly, we have no idea, like."
0:40:03 > 0:40:06If you're young and you're skint and you've not got...
0:40:07 > 0:40:11..anyone for guidance, there's every chance that
0:40:11 > 0:40:13these boys are going to be drawn to,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16you know, the cannabis-heroin mix.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24I've seen addicts smoking drugs in a disused market
0:40:24 > 0:40:26but I've heard there's an even bigger
0:40:26 > 0:40:30and more shocking drug problem in the heart of the city.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36I head back to Johannesburg,
0:40:36 > 0:40:39to a part of town with a lawless reputation.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Hillbrow is an overpopulated inner-city neighbourhood
0:40:44 > 0:40:50where unemployment, poverty and above all, drug use, is rocketing.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56This is notoriously rough.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00I'm in a park that the locals refer to as crack park
0:41:00 > 0:41:04because, to state the obvious, there's 60, 70 people,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08perhaps more, openly smoking crack and heroin and nyaope.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13You know, the very fact I drove past perhaps half a dozen police cars
0:41:13 > 0:41:19to get to this point just shows you how frustrating it must be
0:41:19 > 0:41:23for South Africans who look at this every single day,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26day in day out, then look a couple of roads down
0:41:26 > 0:41:28and see the police seemingly doing very little.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30There's a police car here.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37So I'm almost certain... Oh, and there's a police van.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40I'm almost certain they won't get out,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43even though there's perhaps 50 people behind me
0:41:43 > 0:41:45smoking crack and nyaope.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52And the police are seemingly doing absolutely nothing.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56I've never come across anything quite like this.
0:41:56 > 0:42:01I've not. You know, when I see crack addicts or heroin addicts -
0:42:01 > 0:42:04I see them down the alley or I see them under the bridge.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08You know, this is happening maybe 100 yards away
0:42:08 > 0:42:12from the kids that are swinging round up near the slides.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14It's insane.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19It's clear the police are doing very little
0:42:19 > 0:42:21about the drug use in this park.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31Some communities have had enough of drug dealing on their streets.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35They've decided if the police won't take action, they will.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39I head out to a township called Tembisa where the locals
0:42:39 > 0:42:43are tackling their drug problem head on.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Stacey, meet my deputy president, Moses.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- How do you do? Moses.- Moses, yes. - Very nice to meet you.- Thank you.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Thank you for having me. - Meet my president.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- How do you do?- I'm well. - You're the president, are you?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- Yeah, this is the president. - Ah.- Big boss.- OK.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00I'll watch my manners in front of you.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03THEY LAUGH
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Frustrated residents often form large mobs
0:43:21 > 0:43:24to hand out vigilante justice.
0:43:24 > 0:43:29In some cases it has even resulted in drug users being beaten to death.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34But here, they openly confront the dealers on their streets.
0:43:34 > 0:43:39This gentleman, he's one of the kingpins. He's selling drugs.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43We once spoke to him so that he must understand -
0:43:43 > 0:43:47we don't want drugs here. But he's continuing selling drugs.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49And he knows that we are not killers,
0:43:49 > 0:43:53- and he knows that we're not going to beat him.- Yep.- You see?
0:43:53 > 0:43:56A lot of people would say that this is very much the police's job.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58- Yes.- Are you doing what they should be doing?
0:44:28 > 0:44:31He said that you're dealing a lot of cannabis and the nyaope.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33- Is that true?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37Are you selling it to children, to young kids?
0:44:39 > 0:44:41How young is your youngest customer?
0:44:47 > 0:44:50- You feel comfortable with that?- No.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55This nyaope dealer has been selling drugs for ten years.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58It's no secret to the community or the police.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05So you pay the police off, do you?
0:45:05 > 0:45:07That's why you've never been arrested?
0:45:12 > 0:45:14How much do you pay the police to turn a blind eye?
0:45:20 > 0:45:22How often do you pay the police off?
0:45:22 > 0:45:24Every day?
0:45:26 > 0:45:29That's insane, no? It's totally crazy.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31But it's true.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36I love that this organisation are so passionate
0:45:36 > 0:45:38and they are really trying everything within themselves
0:45:38 > 0:45:42to make this a better place for their kids. But really and truly,
0:45:42 > 0:45:44they've had this conversation with him 100 times.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48They grew up together. I know they've brought the elder in
0:45:48 > 0:45:52because I know in Africa elders really are of great importance.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54This guy's not going to change
0:45:54 > 0:45:57unless he's going to prison, in my opinion.
0:45:57 > 0:46:02And the likelihood of that happening sounds like it's very slim, because
0:46:02 > 0:46:06he's just told me he pays off police officers every single day.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08So it's pretty hopeless.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17If confronting the dealers doesn't work, they go further still.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20SINGING:
0:46:35 > 0:46:40They head out looking for the cannabis plants and cut them down.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16So probably that ganja belongs to one of you guys.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19I'm making an appeal to you guys, please stop it.
0:47:19 > 0:47:24It's good for you to grow vegetables. It's good for us all.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28But you growing that weed,
0:47:28 > 0:47:30you're killing the community.
0:47:30 > 0:47:35You know exactly who the owner is. He's among you guys, I know.
0:47:36 > 0:47:37Hallelujah!
0:47:37 > 0:47:40- Hallelujah!- Hallelujah! - Hallelujah!- Hallelujah!
0:47:40 > 0:47:43- Hallelujah!- Hallelujah!
0:47:43 > 0:47:45THEY SING
0:47:46 > 0:47:52The celebration seems to be lasting a lot longer than the eradication.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54I'm sort of quite down with that.
0:47:54 > 0:47:59They're singing, "We've had enough, we're tired of nyaope.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02"Don't want it any more."
0:48:02 > 0:48:04I find what they're doing very admirable.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06It's amazing that they have such passion
0:48:06 > 0:48:09and they're going out onto the streets themselves.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13You know, they've seen their kids die because of this stuff.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16This group of elders do what they do
0:48:16 > 0:48:19because they believe the police aren't doing enough.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25The drug problem in South Africa
0:48:25 > 0:48:28seems to have spiralled out of control.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31It was time for me to challenge the police directly
0:48:31 > 0:48:34on how they're tackling the problem, and ask about the allegations
0:48:34 > 0:48:37of police corruption I keep hearing about.
0:48:37 > 0:48:38Hello.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40I've arranged to speak to the main spokesman
0:48:40 > 0:48:45for the South African police, Captain Paul Ramaloko.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48First of all I wanted to talk to you about crack park,
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Hillbrow - near that area.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54It's evident, it's obvious, that there are 100 people
0:48:54 > 0:48:58every day openly smoking crack, heroin, injecting.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02You've got five or six police cars driving around this park,
0:49:02 > 0:49:05seemingly not doing a thing.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07You look at your younger generation
0:49:07 > 0:49:12and they are being ravaged by this nyaope.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33But are they trying, Paul? I think
0:49:33 > 0:49:37that's why everyone's so frustrated here, because it doesn't seem
0:49:37 > 0:49:40like your people feel like the police are really trying
0:49:40 > 0:49:43to make this a better place for them. They don't feel like that.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53Next, I tackle the captain about the huge amounts of cannabis
0:49:53 > 0:49:55being trafficked from South Africa to Europe.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59A lot of the cannabis, a lot of the weed that is grown
0:49:59 > 0:50:03in South Africa and Swaziland is ending up in the UK.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06What work are you guys doing to try and minimise that?
0:50:12 > 0:50:14They're very sophisticated.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17It seems like they're always one step ahead of you.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57One of the main reasons that I wanted to have a conversation
0:50:57 > 0:51:01with you today is about how vulnerable
0:51:01 > 0:51:04you believe your borders are in terms of cannabis
0:51:04 > 0:51:07coming from Swaziland and other neighbouring countries.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22Is what you're saying more work does need to be done to make sure
0:51:22 > 0:51:25that these guys who are trafficking cannabis
0:51:25 > 0:51:29back and forth are not being able to do so with the help
0:51:29 > 0:51:32of your police officers, that needs to be looked at?
0:51:52 > 0:51:53Well, thank you for your time.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56- Thank you very much.- Good luck. Thank you.- OK, thanks.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Although the captain assures me
0:52:01 > 0:52:04the police are on top of South Africa's drug problems,
0:52:04 > 0:52:07I feel they've still got a long way to go.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10For me, just from everything I've learnt here,
0:52:10 > 0:52:16it just seems so clear that unless they seriously tackle corruption
0:52:16 > 0:52:19then they've got no chance at even scratching the surface
0:52:19 > 0:52:22when it comes to the drug issues.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30My time in South Africa has almost come to an end,
0:52:30 > 0:52:33but before I leave I catch up with Tulu,
0:52:33 > 0:52:35the young nyaope addict I met at rehab.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39- Tulu!- Hey, Stacey! - My friend.- How are you?
0:52:39 > 0:52:42- How are you feeling today? - Fine, Stacey.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45- You feel good?- Yes. - Strong?- Stronger.
0:52:45 > 0:52:49- Good man. Can I come in? - Yes, welcome.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52I want to know how he's coping without drugs.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55So I last saw you three days ago.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58- Yes.- Any nyaope since?
0:52:58 > 0:53:00- No.- Nothing?- No.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03- Tomorrow is Friday.- Yes. - And then comes the weekend.
0:53:03 > 0:53:07- That's when all your boys will start smoking lots of nyaope.- Yes.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Are you worried about the weekend?
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Good for you.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21SHE LAUGHS
0:53:21 > 0:53:24Tulu seems to be coping really well,
0:53:24 > 0:53:27which is good news for him and his little sister.
0:53:27 > 0:53:28Hello.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30- Have you just finished school?- Yes.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32How was it?
0:53:34 > 0:53:36Yeah?
0:53:36 > 0:53:38What's your favourite lesson? Your favourite subject?
0:53:40 > 0:53:43What do you want to do when you're older?
0:53:44 > 0:53:46A doctor?
0:53:48 > 0:53:49Why are you crying?
0:53:51 > 0:53:54Why are you so emotional? Huh?
0:54:21 > 0:54:23You're probably feeling like this cos you've...
0:54:23 > 0:54:26For the past couple of years you've had your head in a different space.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30You've never had a chance to clearly think about what's gone on.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35OK?
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Bye!
0:54:52 > 0:54:54He's so vulnerable.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57He's a baby. He's just 18.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01And you know, the pain you go through of losing one parent
0:55:01 > 0:55:03can be unbearable.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06But to lose two is just so rough.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10But his little sister, you know,
0:55:10 > 0:55:13she's beautiful and she wants to be a doctor
0:55:13 > 0:55:16and it's a really, really, really, depressing situation.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22And I know in his heart he believes
0:55:22 > 0:55:25that everything he's saying is true.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28I know he really thinks he's never going to smoke nyaope again
0:55:28 > 0:55:32but I know what his chances are.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40Tulu faces an uphill struggle to stay off drugs.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46A few weeks after we said goodbye, he stopped going to rehab.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53What struck me most about my time in South Africa
0:55:53 > 0:55:57is the devastating effect that high strength cannabis and nyaope
0:55:57 > 0:56:00has had on users and their communities.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04It makes me worry about what might happen
0:56:04 > 0:56:08if more and more of these drugs are smuggled into the UK.