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SMUGGLING: MASSIVE ILLEGAL CIGARETTE HAUL UNCOVERED IN BRACKENFELL
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llegal cigarettes with a street value of R1 million were seized when police busted two foreign nationals in Brackenfell on Wednesday last week. “Members from the Cape Town Dog Unit responded to information on a safari tour truck that had crossed the border from Zimbabwe into South Africa the previous day and was en route to Brackenfell industria,” said Brackenfell police station spokesperson Warrant Officer Erica Crous. It was initially suspected that an endangered species were in transport. Members arrived at the warehouse in Silver Park Okavango Industria at about 20:30,
where they found the truck and two men. “Upon thoroughly searching the truck they found a false compartment between the floor and luggage storage area. This stretched from the back to the front of the truck and was filled with cartons of illicit and illegal cigarettes. A toilet in the warehouse also contained numerous boxes filled with cartons of illegal cigarettes,” said Crous. The two suspects, a Zimbabwean man and a Jordanian national were arrested and 4 600 cartons of illegal cigarettes seized. According to Francois van der Merwe, CEO of the Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa (TISA), the Pacific brand of cigarette – which was confiscated in this case– is manufactured in Zimbabwe and widely sold in Cape Town, but is not necessarily illegal.
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“Pacific is legally imported and traded in South Africa, but there has been instances where it was smuggled into the country and sold illegally,” he said. “Historically, illicit cigarettes have been smuggled into South Africa from neighbouring countries such as Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, as well as China and the United Arab Emirates. Currently, the majority, approximately 55%, of illicit cigarettes are produced and distributed by manufacturers within South Africa,” he said. TISA defines illicit trade as the supply and sale of smuggled or counterfeit tobacco products, on which the necessary duties and taxes have not been paid. V To page 2.
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