11596 cartons of cigarettes smuggled

Two men were arrested and charged with smuggling cigarettes to the value of more than R2-million last week.
The men came through the Grobler’s Bridge border post using a Freightliner truck and cooler-type trailer. They altered the trailer to fit cigarette cartons in the sides, floor and roof of the truck.
According to warrant officer Hennie van Staden, they noticed the newly-added pop rivets on the panels of the truck and also the “suspiciously thick roof.” When they removed the panels on the sides they discovered the cigarette cartons. The two men,
Alexander Ruben Stewart and Oneas Matuero, appeared in court on 19 August and the case was postponed until Monday 25 August.