Police seize R6.2m in counterfeit cigarettes, foreign national arrested
Illicit cigarettes Last month, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) arrested a 46-year-old Durban businessman accused of orchestrating a R37‑million customs fraud, after a shipping container declared as “sellotape and cups” was allegedly found packed with illicit cigarettes.“The Welkom K9 Unit have arrested a 57-year-old foreign national male for possession of suspected counterfeit goods.”Police in the Free State have struck a decisive blow against the illicit cigarette trade, seizing counterfeit goods worth an estimated R6.
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