This week, the South African Police Service (SAPS) seized illicit cigarettes worth R4.5 million during a takedown operation in Brits, North West. Three Bangladeshi nationals were also arrested for contravening the Immigration Act. The operation was led by the National Counterfeit Goods Unit, with support from Crime Intelligence and the […]
Police in Limpopo have arrested a 44-year-old foreign national male at the Beitbridge Port of Entry on Thursday, 20 March 2025 at approximately 03:15 for attempting to smuggle illicit cigarettes with customs value of R2,139 000-00. During routine profiling and searches of trucks at the South Gate entering the Republic […]
The Northern Cape SAPS, after the final tally confirm the haul of alleged illicit cigarettes seized to be worth an estimated R5.4 million and not R500 000-00 as indicated in previous preliminary media release. The vigilant Kimberley SAPS Public Order Policing unit, Platoon 5, is lauded by the SAPS Management […]
hree male suspects were by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit officers for the possession of illicit cigarettes in Brixton, Johannesburg. On 05 March 2025, while conducting routine crime prevention patrols in the Brixton area, officers observed a white Hino truck being escorted by a white Audi […]
The police in Marble Hall in Sekhukhune together with private Security recovered a truck loaded with 89 boxes (50 cartons) and 716 x20 of Remington Gold illicit cigarettes worth R3 million, after two male suspects abandoned them at the corner of N11 and Slaagboom Road, in Marble Hall policing area, […]
A joint intelligence-driven operation has led o the arrest of a 24-year-old foreign national for dealing in illicit cigarettes on Friday, 24 January 2025, at Makhado precinct under Vhembe District. Police received valuable information about a white Isuzu truck that was traveling from Beitbridge Point of Entry and allegedly destined […]
Three male suspects who are foreign nationals arrested for possession of illicit cigarettes along the R71 Dalmada, in Polokwane policing area under Capricorn District, in the early hours of Friday, 22 November 2024. Members of Provincial Flying Squad were patrolling when they spotted two suspicious vehicles driving in a convoy. […]
Two foreign national male suspects, aged 25 and 31, were apprehended for possession of illicit cigarettes along Northam and Brits T junction. It is reported that Information was received regarding a white truck with Gauteng Province registration numbers, suspected to be smuggling cigarettes from Zimbabwe to Gauteng via Northam. In […]
The Police in Musina recovered 96 boxes of illicit cigarettes worth over R1.9 million after an unknown male suspect abandoned them at the streets of Musina town on 30 October 2024 at around 07h00. According to information, the police were summoned to the scene, where they found a suspicious white […]
A suspect is to appear in court after he was found with illicit cigarettes in Bloemfontein CBD. On 25 October 2024 at about 09:00, the Parkweg Tactical Response Team reacted to intelligence-led information about a warehouse used to store illicit cigarettes. On arrival at the warehouse in the Bloemfontein CBD, […]
