Sars' customs division is destroying around 20-million
cigarettes, or 2,000 master cases, and said the destruction process will likely
last a few days.
The tax agency's deputy commissioner Johnstone Makhubu said
the cigarettes were seized in multi-agency operations and intelligence-driven
operations as part of the division’s tobacco strategy.
"In one such operation at the Beitbridge border post
earlier this year 1,211 master boxes of illicit cigarettes with Remington Gold,
Chelsea and Royal Express brands, with an estimated value of R26m, were seized.
"Four people were arrested and criminal cases opened
with regard to dealing in the smuggling of illicit cigarettes. Four trucks, one
bakkie and one tractor with a trailer which were used to carry the illicit
cigarettes were detained."
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