Police smash multi-million Pula cigarettes racket

Police believe they smashed illicit cross-border trade when 26 bails of 'Made in Zimbabwe' cigarettes were intercepted as they were about to be smuggled into South Africa at Rakhuna-Ramatlabama border post on Monday morning.

The cigarettes were worth over P1 million, according to police valuation.

Ramatlabama Station Commander Mokumako Tshegofatso says a patrol team of police and soldiers disturbed 13 men from South Africa found at the scene with the intention to pick the parcel, which had been earlier dropped there by a truck from Zimbabwe.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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