cigarettes Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/cigarettes/ Latest News & Press Releases Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:40:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png cigarettes Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/cigarettes/ 32 32 Six suspects arrested with R1 million illegal cigarettes https://news.media.co.za/six-suspects-arrested-with-r1-million-illegal-cigarettes/ Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:34:09 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2844 Pretoria – A tip-off from community members led to the arrest of two suspects whose combi was stopped in Mankweng, Limpopo over the weekend. Upon searching the vehicle the Hawks members found Seventy Nine (79) master cases of illicit cigarettes with an estimated street value of R800 000.00. The suspects, a 23-year-old Mbuso Polite Nkosi […]

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]]> Cigarette Truck Hijackers Feel The Heat https://news.media.co.za/cigarette-truck-hijackers-feel-the-heat/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 09:28:20 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2513 Pretoria – 2 July 2015: The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Riah Phiyega, has approved the establishment of an intelligence-driven, undercover operation to intensify the fight against the hijacking of cigarette trucks in Gauteng and other affected provinces. A multi-disciplinary operational approach to address the threat of armed robberies of vehicles […]

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]]> Hawks bust three police officers and six civilians for dealing in illegal cigarettes https://news.media.co.za/hawks-bust-three-police-officers-and-six-civilians-for-dealing-in-illegal-cigarettes/ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:29:57 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2314 Pretoria – This morning, Friday, 27 March 2015, members of the Hawks assisted by members of the Crime Intelligence Unit, the Durban National Intervention Unit and the Asset Forfeiture Unit, arrested nine suspects, including three police officers (three detective constables) and six civilians at Emanguzi in northern KwaZulu-Natal bordering Mozambique, for their alleged involvement in […]

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