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Cops arrest Eswatini man for cigarette smuggling
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|December 09, 2025
ANOTHER example of the booming trade and sly ways under which the illicit cigarette trade is rolled out in South Africa came to the fore when police arrested an Eswatini national driving a truck with concealed contraband worth R17.4 million.
Twelve 5000-litre water tankers loaded on the truck were where the illegal items were stashed.
Police had received a tip-off about the movement of the illegal goods and arrested the 43-year-old man when they stopped the vehicle in Delmas, Mpumalanga.
He was due to appear at the Delmas District Court yesterday on a charge of being in possession of illegal goods.
The breakthrough delivered another reminder of the tactics used by those linked to crime cartels to generate profits.
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