COUNTERFEIT SNEAKERS/TEKKIES ESTIMATED WORTH MORE THAN R5-MILLION CONFISCATED, 33-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED
Posted on: 04/10/2017

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COUNTERFEIT SNEAKERS/TEKKIES ESTIMATED WORTH MORE THAN R5-MILLION CONFISCATED, 33-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED
South African Police Service | Mpumalanga | NARI

4 Oct 2017, Mpumalanga: Collaboration between the South African Police Service’s White River K-9 Unit and a private security firm, Phoenix Security yielded positive results when counterfeit sneakers (takkies) estimated to be worth more than R5 000 000 were confiscated and a 33 year old arrested, yesterday evening.

The success comes about after a member of the above-mentioned security firm received a tip off about a truck that was coming from Komatipoort driving towards Nelspruit, en-route to Johannesburg.

The security officer waited at the Nkomazi tollgate, at Kaapmuiden to verify the information he had received and as soon as the truck came, he followed it while notifying members of the K-9 up to Karino, near Nelspruit. On their arrival, they pulled it off the road and demanded to search it.

During the search, the above-mentioned goods were then found hidden behind crates, hence the arrest. The suspect will appear at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court tomorrow, 05 October 2017, facing a possession of counterfeit goods charge.

The Provincial Commissioner of police in Mpumalanga lauded the cooperation among the SAPS, private security companies and members of the community.

“With such commitment and cooperation among all organs of society, we are most definitely poised to render the crime blanket porous,” said General Zuma.




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