Counterfeit cigarettes worth R3m seized in KZN raid

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Counterfeit cigarettes worth R3m seized in KZN raid

By: illovuonline news team
04-05-2020
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Cartons of cigarettes worth R3m were seized during a raid in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.

An estimated R3m worth of counterfeit cigarettes were seized from a warehouse in Phoenix, north of Durban, on Sunday.

Provincial economic development spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya said crime intelligence was working to identify the owners of the warehouse.

“At this stage, we can report that inspectors from the department’s consumer protection unit and business regulations, together with the employment and labour department, crime intelligence, Durban metro police, home affairs’ immigration unit, the police and Sars have been hard at work over the weekend and the past few days,” the department said on Sunday.

The raid was part of a larger operation by the provincial economic development department, Sars and law enforcement in their bid to stop alleged counterfeit goods syndicates.

“Sars reported that these syndicates exploit differential taxes on highly taxed goods such as cigarettes, alcohol and petroleum. They sometimes choose not to declare their goods, bribe officials or transport their goods through illegal and unmonitored routes, ” said the department.

“The syndicates are also involved in fraudulent transactions involving under-declarations of imported goods. They are known to double invoice for the purpose of using undervalued invoices for declarations.”

Meanwhile, a foreigner was arrested and his shop shut down in Durban for selling counterfeit medication worth millions.

Another foreigner was arrested for selling expired sweets.

KwaZulu-Natal economic development MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube is expected to visit the harbour on Monday after R3m worth of fake goods were seized there.

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