KZN cops nab
two of their own with counterfeit cigarettes
20
January 2017, 9:13pm
Thembelihle
Mkhonza
Johannesburg – Four people, including two police officers, were
arrested on Friday, for being in possession of counterfeit cigarettes valued
R180 000, in Mtubatuba along the N2 near Nkodibe turn off, KwaZulu-Natal police
said.
"South African Police Service were conducting a roadblock
on the N2 when they attempted to stop two vehicles but the vehicles refused to
stop, they then contacted their colleagues at Mtubatuba and alerted them to the
suspicious vehicles," spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said.
Naicker said police officers from Mtubatuba spotted the
vehicles, a white Toyota Hilux and a white Toyota Etios travelling along the N2
near the Nkodibe turn-off.
Both vehicles were stopped by police and a search was conducted
on both motor vehicles.
"At least 36 boxes of counterfeit cigarettes were
discovered in the Toyota Hilux and two suspects, aged 41 and 43, from the
Toyota Hilux were arrested for being in possession of the counterfeit
goods," he said.
"Police then discovered that the Toyota Etios was an
unmarked police vehicle and that the occupants were policemen who were
escorting the Toyota Hilux. The two police officers, aged 50 and 54, who are
stationed at the Vehicle Identification Section in Isipingo, were then placed
under arrest."
All four suspects will appear in the Mtubatuba Magistrate's
Court soon facing charges of possession of counterfeit goods, corruption and
defeating the ends of justice.
