Foreign national busted over illicit cigarette possession
The foreign national was arrested immediately by police and a possession of counterfeit goods docket was then opened.
An Ethiopian man (23) was arrested during a stop-and-search operation in the Olievenhoutbosch policing precinct on Friday evening which saw the foreign national arrested for illegal cigarettes.
“The foreign national’s vehicle was stopped for a routine search and 150 cartons of illegal cigarettes, valued at an estimated R190 000, were found at the back of his bakkie,” police spokesperson Sergeant Pretty Mokadi said.
The foreign national was arrested and a possession of counterfeit goods docket opened.
Mokadi said similar police operations would continue throughout the upcoming months as the festive season approached.
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