R19,2m Zim contraband intercepted in SA

The South African Police Service (Saps) on Tuesday night intercepted a consignment of Zimbabwean-made Pacific Blue cigarettes and banned skin creams worth about R14,5 million being smuggled into their country.

The contraband was intercepted at the Groblersbrug Border Post between Botswana and South Africa, some 270km south-west of Beitbridge in the Limpopo province.

The Hawks, South Africa’s police crack unit, also arrested two Zimbabwean women found with explosives — emulsion blasting cartridges and case fuses — with an estimated street value of over R1,2 million.

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