Cross-border crime drops

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Ramokgwebana boarder post entrance point to Botswana PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: Cross-border crime, which includes smuggling of petrol into Zimbabwe through Mapoka and neighbouring villages in Botswana’s North East District, has decreased over the past few weeks, the police have said.

At the beginning of this year and last year, Mapoka, a village near the border with Zimbabwe in the district, was faced with increasing cross-border crime including smuggling of fuel, mainly petrol into Zimbabwe.

The criminals used illegal routes to transport the fuel and other stolen goods in order to avoid paying tax at the Ramokgwebana border post.

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Cross-border crime drops

FRANCISTOWN: Cross-border crime, which includes smuggling of petrol into Zimbabwe through Mapoka and neighbouring villages in Botswana’s North East District, has decreased over the past few weeks, the police have said.