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Over 6,500 arrested in crackdown on illegal transport operators

Authorities have arrested more than 6,500 commuter omnibus drivers, pirate taxi operators, and touts under the ongoing nationwide operation code-named "No to mushikashika, pirate taxis, and lawlessness on the roads." The crackdown, launche…

Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:39hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter

Police recover stolen Boer goats

Police in Mashonaland East have launched a manhunt for a suspect who stole nine Boer goats from a farm in Beatrice on Sunday. The suspect reportedly gained entry to the farm by cutting through the security fence before loading the stolen g…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 19:32hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter

R14 million Zimbabwe cigarettes intercepted at SA border

South African authorities have apprehended a 44-year-old migrant at the Beitbridge border post after intercepting a consignment of illicit Remington Gold cigarettes valued at an estimated R14 million. The suspect, whose nationality remains…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 19:31hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter

Illicit cigarettes seized after being smuggled from Zimbabwe to Limpopo

A multidisciplinary team managed to seize illicit cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country in Limpopo.The provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, said the high-density Operation Vala Umgodi took place on…

Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:25hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter

Cigarettes worth R100 000 seized in border operation

SOUTH African border security officials on Monday destroyed a wooden raft used by criminals to smuggle goods between Zimbabwe and the neighbouring country. The team also recovered smuggled cigarettes worth over R100 000 that had been smugg…

Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt told to probe Zec commissioners

ELECTORAL watchdogs have demanded that government must launch an inquiry into the fallout among Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, which they say has crippled the electoral body six months before the country holds general e…

Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

SA soldiers confiscate illicit Zim cigarettes worth R1m

SOUTH African soldiers have confiscated cigarettes worth R1 million smuggled from Zimbabwe.Reports indicate that smuggling cartels work in cahoots with immigration officials and security agencies patrolling the Beitbridge Border Post.The c…

Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

R3m cigarette smugglers nabbed

SOUTH African police have arrested two suspected Zimbabweans caught with R3 million worth of Remington Gold cigarettes they were smuggling into that country through the Beitbridge border post.The cigarettes of Zimbabwean origin were stashe…

Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean bus intercepted with illicit cigarettes

Police have intercepted a bus from Zimbabwe smuggling in illicit cigarettes worth an estimated value of three million rands (R3m) at the Beitbridge border outside Musina in Limpopo. Police have intercepted a bus from Zimbabwe smuggling in …

Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 11:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man fined R40 000 for smuggling cigarettes into SA

A 25-year-old Zimbabwean man has been fined R40 000 by a Polokwane Magistrate Court for smuggling into South Africa 330 cartons of Remington Gold Cigarettes worth R87 000.Walter Madhongi was arrested by the neighbouring country's specializ…

Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 18:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

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