Police uncover expired baby foods, illicit cigarettes at CBD shop
The Durban Metro Police Service has pounced again, this time at one of the supermarkets in the CBD. Scores of expired food items were confiscated and the business was operating without a valid licence.
FOLLOWING a complaint about expired food products being sold to the public the Durban Metro Police Service (By-law Enforcement Unit) and the Health Department conducted an inspection at Brothers Supermarket and Take Away at 292 Smith Street and confiscated numerous items.
“During the inspection, officers discovered a large quantity of expired baby food, cereals, and porridges, some of which were found displayed for sale. The business owner voluntarily surrendered the expired goods to the Health Department for disposal,” said DMPS spokesperson Colonel Boysie Zungu.
Additionally the “authorities also uncovered approximately R70 000 in cash hidden inside a pillow and suspected illegal cigarettes which have been seized pending verification by Customs officials”.
Zungu shared that the business was found to be operating without a valid Business Licence and Certificate of Acceptability (COA).
A total of 73 bags of expired food items were confiscated for safe disposal by DSW, with disposal costs to be borne by the owner.
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