Illegal alcohol trade booms despite ban

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As the alcohol ban entered its second month, Mmegi news crew in the north followed reports that it has given rise to a thriving criminal syndicate that deals in illicit trade in alcohol and the results are scarring. Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE & Correspondent LESEDI MKHUTSHWA report

FRANCISTOWN: The national alcohol ban has apparently ignited a rampant rise in illicit alcohol trade that has given rise to a thriving black market sales to unprecedented levels.

Over and above searching for inter-zonal permits at the search points, the police and their army counterparts have strengthened the search for illegal possession of alcohol contrabands smuggled across the neighbouring borders.

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