Confiscated liquor disposed of by police

The smell of different types of beer was in the air when liquor was disposed of by the police.

Vosman police, led by their station commander, disposed of liquor worth thousands of Rands after it was confiscated from local taverns.

Brigadier Delisiwe Motha, Vosman Police Station commander with other officers before they disposed of liquor confiscated from unlicensed liquor outlets.

The liquor was disposed of on Monday, October 30 at the station, having been confiscated from nine taverns. Three tavern owners paid admission of guilt fines, according to Brigadier Delisiwe Motha, the station commander.

Brigadier Delisiwe Motha, Vosman Police Station commander leading by example, was the first to dispose of liquor confiscated from unlicensed liquor outlets. She is with Captain Klaas Maloka station communicating officer.

Brigadier Motha explained that after their operations on October 9 all the unlicensed sellers who sold liquor without the correct license paid the fine and the money made out of the profits from the liquor was confiscated as well and handed over to the state treasury.

The police will only sell the bottles plus the crates and hand over the money made out of that to the treasury as well.

Vosman police officers disposing of liquor confiscated from unlicensed liquor outlets at the station on Monday, October 30.

“We want to issue a warning to all unlicensed liquor outlets that we are coming for them; we are going to arrest them. We have already started with our festive operations and we are not going to stop. Those who do not want to listen we are after them. Also taverns that play loud music we will confiscate their music systems because they need to abide by the law,” added Brigadier Motha.

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