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Police raid illegal liquor manufacturing site in uMlazi
The Mercury
|November 13, 2025
POLICE have raided an illegal liquor manufacturing facility in Linda Mnom-iya, uMlazi, where suspects were found allegedly mixing ethanol with water and bottling it to look like Smirnoff vodka.
The Durban Metro police said in a statement that officers from various law enforcement authorities conducted an intelligence-driven operation on Monday and found a makeshift production setup.
The main suspect was found by officers in the act of mixing the components used to manufacture counterfeit liquor.
The Durban Metro Police said its Drug Team, together with Counter Narcotics KZN, Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation detectives from Port Shepstone and the SAPS Economic Infrastructure Task Team, was involved in dismantling the operation.
The police said authorities seized several exhibits including:
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