The Joint Forces comprising of the Border Policing Teams from various provincial border Business Units deployed at Beitbridge Port of Entry, had on Monday, 26 February 2024, operationalised information gathered and subsequently seized one wooden homemade ferry and two ladders.
The team has swiftly activated and operationalized information that was aimed at disrupting the smuggling of persons and counterfeit goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa across the Limpopo River.
All illegal ferries and ladders that were seized and wooden bridges, were successfully disposed of through destruction.
In addition to this, nine foreign nationals, male suspects aged between 21 and 45, were arrested for contravention of immigration act on Monday 26 February 2024 at Ntsako village outside Letsitele in Mopani District.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe lauded teams for the collaborative efforts with remarkable success rate.
The suspects are expected to appear before Ritavi Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday 28 February 2024.
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