ZIMBABWEAN NATIONALS APPEARED IN COURT FOR POSSESSION OF ILLICIT CIGARETTES.
REPORTER: TSHEPO C MOLOTO: Two Zimbabwean nationals, Marshall Masiya(32) and Oswald Raisi (27), have appeared in Musina Magistrates’ Court for possession of illicit cigarettes and fraud. It is alleged that on 19 May 2023, at the Beitbridge border, the SARS officials conducted an inspection and noticed that the number of goods declared on the document and the load on the truck did not correspond. They then redirected the truck to the inspection ramp and unpacked the load. They found 440 master boxes of illicit cigarettes amounting to R9,6 million, hidden under the cotton oil cake.
The matter is postponed to 29 May 2023, for further investigations and the suspects will remain in custody.
