Trucks smuggling lithium caught at Beitbridge

BEITBRIDGE Border Post officials yesterday intercepted a consignment of lithium ore on three haulage trucks belonging to one Bernard Tafadzwa Mnangagwa.

The ore was being smuggled to South Africa, and was declared as manganese, it is alleged.

Last week, government banned exports of raw lithium with immediate effect in an effort to value-add its minerals and support local production and employment creation.

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