EASTERN CAPE – Police members from Border Policing attached to the Port of Ngqura, confiscated illicit cigarettes, sanitary pads and creams from a retail store in Durban Road in Korsten on Friday, 18 June 2021.

It is alleged that at about 10:15, police searched the premises and seized 430 cartons of fake cigarettes, 1538 tubes of various creams, 25 cartons of tobacco as well as 22 loose packets of tobacco. The total amount of the confiscated goods were R230 000.

The 35-year-old owner was warned but not charged and the illicit goods were seized by Border Policing members.

Source: South African Police Service