Counterfeit cigarettes seized
2008-12-31 12:00
Johannesburg - Mpumalanga police have seized a truck transporting counterfeit cigarettes worth about R4.1m after it entered South Africa from Mozambique.
Captain Leonard Hlathi said on Wednesday that police were told about the truck on Tuesday night. It was on its way to Limpopo.
They waited until the truck got onto the N4 freeway near Malelane before stopping it. They found about 590 boxes of counterfeit cigarettes.
The driver, a Mozambican national, had a South African passport in his possession. He is expected to appear in the Komatipoort Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of possession of illegal property.
Police are still investigating how he got hold of a South African passport.
- SAPA