A multidisciplinary intelligence-driven operation involving the Sedibeng Tracking Team, Sedibeng DPCI, Fezile Dabi TRIO Task Team, Gauteng Traffic Police High Priority Crimes & Internal Affairs Unit, Sedibeng K9 and Sedibeng Crime Intelligence resulted in the arrest of a suspect found transporting a large consignment of suspected illicit cigarettes.
Acting on intelligence, members received information about a truck with double trailers allegedly transporting suspected illicit cigarettes along the R59 from Johannesburg East towards the Vaal.
Operational teams immediately mobilised and proceeded to the R59, where they intercepted a truck matching the description and registration details provided by intelligence. The vehicle was stopped on the Boy Louw Bridge along the R59.
A search of the trailers led to the discovery of approximately 900 boxes containing cigarettes.
The driver informed officers that he was unaware of the nature of the cargo being transported. He was arrested for transporting suspected illicit cigarettes.
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