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Three arrested at border with $5m
28 Dec 2015 at 08:26hrs | Views
A man and his two sons were arrested at the Lebombo Border post after they were found in possession of $5,5 million equal to R83,7 million in crisp of $100 bills.
Daily Sun reported that after all, they had easily passed other routine stop-and-search operations on the way to the Mozambican border, with cops failing to find anything.
But one alert cop at Lebombo Border Post spotted something strange about the base of their Toyota Hilux double cab bakkie – and found a secret compartment!
In it they had stashed $5,5 million (R83,7 million) in crisp $100 bills!
Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the bust happened on Christmas day.
He said the base of the bakkie was cut and a false compartment had been built underneath.
"The men managed to skip roadblocks on their way to the border but at the last road block the cut was spotted. They could not give the police a clear explanation and we decided to open it. The money, all in American dollars, was stacked in batches," said Mohlala.
The three will appear in court today.
Daily Sun reported that after all, they had easily passed other routine stop-and-search operations on the way to the Mozambican border, with cops failing to find anything.
But one alert cop at Lebombo Border Post spotted something strange about the base of their Toyota Hilux double cab bakkie – and found a secret compartment!
In it they had stashed $5,5 million (R83,7 million) in crisp $100 bills!
Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the bust happened on Christmas day.
He said the base of the bakkie was cut and a false compartment had been built underneath.
"The men managed to skip roadblocks on their way to the border but at the last road block the cut was spotted. They could not give the police a clear explanation and we decided to open it. The money, all in American dollars, was stacked in batches," said Mohlala.
The three will appear in court today.
Source - Daily Sun
