Sars destroys illicit cigarettes uncovered at SA-Botswana border

The SA Revenue Services’ Customs unit uncovered and destroyed thousands of counterfeit Pacific cigarettes at the SA-Botswana border last week.
The cigarettes were headed into South Africa and just last week, over 475 000 packs of counterfeit cigarettes were uncovered in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) last week. The cigarettes are believed to have been sourced from an Asian company, which declared the cigarettes as furniture to local authorities.