Illicit liquor confiscated in Khayelitsha, and the discovery of an illegal manufacturing plant in Lansdowne

Western Cape police confiscated illicit liquor in Spine Road, and the discovery of an illegal manufacturing plant in Lansdowne on Wednesday.

COURTESY: SAPS

Officers attached to Lingelethu West SAPS were conducting a roadblock on Spine Road, Khayelitsha, when they stopped a silver Hyundai I20 and searched the vehicle.

‘’The members found four boxes containing Old Buck Gin in the vehicle and the occupants could not give an account for the liquor in the vehicle,’’ said Sergeant Wesley Twigg, Western Cape police spokesperson.

Twigg explained that further investigation led the members to a premises in Lansdowne where they found an illegal alcohol manufacturing plant and manufacturing equipment, an assortment of alcohol branding stickers and unknown liquids.

COURTESY: SAPS

The two suspects age 26 and 39 are facing charges for the illegal manufacturing and distributing liquor and will appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrates’ court soon.

 

Done by: Shaneca Cupido