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Police retrieve 1,450-litre petrol valued at P24,650

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FRANCISTOWN: Police in Tshesebe have recovered 1,450 litres of petrol from a smuggler along the Botswana-Zimbabwe borderline. Villages located along the Botswana-Zimbabwe borderline in the North East District have in the past years seen increased cross-border smuggling of petrol into Zimbabwe.

Tshesebe Police Station commander, Amos Kekgathetse told The Monitor that they have arrested a 39-year-old man who was caught red-handed trying to smuggle petrol into Zimbabwe.

The Motswana man was caught at Moroka village a few kilometres from the Botswana-Zimbabwe borderline.

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Police retrieve 1,450-litre petrol valued at P24,650

FRANCISTOWN: Police in Tshesebe have recovered 1,450 litres of petrol from a smuggler along the Botswana-Zimbabwe borderline. Villages located along the Botswana-Zimbabwe borderline in the North East District have in the past years seen increased cross-border smuggling of petrol into Zimbabwe.

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