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Cigarette smugglers arrested

Hluhluwe SAPS find counterfeit cigarettes worth R150 000 in a woman's bakkie

A CONTRABAND cigarette operation was snuffed out by the Hluhluwe SAPS during a ‘stop and search’ campaign on the R22 near the False Bay turn-off on Thursday.

KwaMsane SAPS spokesperson, Captain Jabulani Mdletshe, says two South African females were arrested after police found 15 cases of Zimbabwean-branded cigarettes in the women’s bakkie.

Mdletshe says the cigarettes have a street value of around R150 000.

‘Experts believe the boxes were brought through the Mozambique-South Africa border and were destined Durban.’

The suspects were arrested at 3pm on charges of possession of counterfeit goods and will appear at the Hluhluwe Magistrates Court tomorrow (Tuesday).

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