Police arrest suspects loading illicit cigarettes into a truck

Just before the level 2 lockdown began, six suspects were arrested for possessing cigarettes.

The six suspects were arrested by the police on Monday.

The police said the suspects were caught while loading boxes of illicit cigarettes worth millions into a truck in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg.

Police spokesperson Brig Mathapelo Peters said the SA Revenue Service and police acted on information gotten from people around the area and busted the suspects in the act at an industrial site in Eldorado Park.

Peters also said preliminary reports presented that the crime scene was used as a distribution nodal point where alleged traders would collect the illicit cargo for further distribution and sales.

She said more people could be arrested as investigation on this case continues.