Police officials seize 40 crates of illegal liquor thanks to a tip-off

On Sunday July 19 at 14:00, a tip-off from an anonymous person about alcohol being sold out of a house without a valid liquor licence led the Lydenburg police to Stand 406 in the Old Location residential area. There they arrested an Ethiopian national, Bekeze Ayano (34).

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Among the 40 crates, nine crates of Castle Lager beer (750ml), six crates of Heineken (660ml), five crates of Savannah Dry (330ml), and 18 bottles of Gordon’s London Dry Gin (750ml) were confiscated. Ayano appeared in the Mashishing Magistrate’s Court on Monday July 19 on charges of dealing in liquor without a valid licence.