By Jurina Nkwazi
13 August 2010
Illegal cigarettes worth R4.5 million were confiscated on Thursday, Western Cape Police said.
Warrant Officer November Filander said they received information about a delivery truck carrying illegal cigarettes.
With the help of the K9 Unit police sniffer dogs retrieved 321 boxes of illegal cigarettes worth R 4.5 million at a storage place Interchange, Somerset West.
The police arrested the truck driver, 44, and four other men aged between 21 and 34.
The suspects will appear in the Somerset West Magistrate's Court on charges relating to the Customs Act of illicit cigarettes.
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