KZN cops seize 400 tons of fireworks
2013-01-16 22:31
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Durban - KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday they seized at least 420 tons of illegal fireworks in two separate cases.
A fireworks vendor in Riverhorse Valley, Durban, was discovered by the police's explosives unit to have more than 300 tons of fireworks, spokesperson Lieutenant ColonelVincent Mdunge said.
His licence only allowed him to store one ton.
In a second case in Durban's Sydney Road, a vendor was found in possession of 120 tons of fireworks worth around R2m, as well as R2.5m worth of counterfeit clothing.
Police confiscated the fireworks and made an application to have them destroyed.
The counterfeit clothing had been handed to customs officials from the SA Revenue Service.
- SAPA
