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Hawks officers, in collaboration with the Gauteng Flying Squad and Cape Town Crime Intelligence, dismantled an illegal abalone drying operation in Eastleigh Ridge, seizing R2. 4 million worth of abalone and arresting two suspects.
A R650,000 SIM card fraud operation was uncovered in Mayfair, Johannesburg, leading to the arrest of a 27-year-old Kenyan national. The Hawks seized SIM card manufacturing equipment and thousands of fraudulent SIM cards.
Two suspected drug traffickers were arrested on the N10 in the Eastern Cape after Cookhouse SAPS Highway Patrol officers discovered mandrax tablets worth around R170,000 hidden in a secret compartment of their vehicle.
An Ethiopian man was arrested in Limpopo for illicit cigarette smuggling and money laundering after police seized 40 cartons of cigarettes and R470,000 in cash.
The operation also uncovered other violations. Seven individuals were fined for selling expired food in Tynmine, Waterberg District.
The SARS official at Groblersburg was discussing with truck driver when the driver offered him a bribe of R20,000 which the official refused.