KIMBERLEY – Die eienaar van ’n snoepwinkel is hier in hegtenis geneem omdat hy glo sigarette tydens die nasionale inperking verkoop.
Die polisie het R232 000.00 se sigarette, wat in verskuilde bokse versteek is, gekonfiskeer nadat hulle ’n klagte ontvang het van sigarette wat verkoop word.
Lees die volledige persverklaring hier:
During COVID 19 crime prevention duties today, 06 June 2020 at approximately 10:00, members attached to Kimberley K9, Organize Crime and Crime Intelligence units conducted a visit to a local tuckshop situated on the corner of Curry and Craven street in the Kimberley city centre after receiving information about the illicit sale of cigarettes.
Upon searching the tuckshop, the members discovered tobacco products being hidden and concealed in non tobacco boxes. The value of the cigarettes seized is estimated at R232 000-00.
A 50 year old foreign male national who is the owner of the tuckshop was also caught red handed while selling cigarettes to a customer who managed to flee before he could be apprehended.
The owner was arrested and charged with Contravention of Regulation 45 – the prohibition on the sale of tobacco and tobacco products of the Disaster Management Act Regulations, 2020. The group leaders of Group D, Brigadiers Nicky Mills and Bossie Jacobs issued a stern warning to the public that the police will continue to vigorously enforce the Regulations of the Disaster Management Act during level 3 of the lockdown period.
