After an alert courier company reported to police a suspicious package at their warehouse, SAPS Kabega Park Crime Prevention members confiscated liquid tobacco with a street value of R360 000-00.
It is alleged that on Thursday, 16 July 2020, at about 14:00, the company received a package from Cape Town. It is further alleged that a similar package was received for the same person earlier in the week and the suspicious behavior of the recipient caught the attention of the company. When another package arrived for the same person, police were roped in to investigate.
The package was opened and 30 boxes each containing 120 packets of various flavours of oka pipe liquid tobacco were confiscated. The total street value is R180 000-00.
At about 17:30, the same evening, police returned to the company as another package arrived. Another 30 boxes of the same liquid tobacco were confiscated. The total value of both confiscations is R360 000. An enquiry docket was opened for further investigation.
The District Commissioner for Nelson Mandela Bay District, Maj Gen Thembisile Patekile thanked the courier company for alerting the police to the suspicious packages. “Drug dealers will use any mode to ensure the safety of their illegal products. Transporting their drugs through courier companies is one of their modus operandi. Courier companies must work closely with police to clamp down on the movement of illegal and illicit merchandise,” commented Maj Gen Patekile.
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