SAPS Seize Illicit Cigarettes Worth R7.5 Million in Colesberg Operation By Karabo Marifi SAPS have seized illicit cigarettes worth R7.5 million in a Colesberg operation. The multidisciplinary inter-provincial cross-border effort, involving police from the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Free State provinces, disrupted the trade and distribution of counterfeit tobacco products on Wednesday, 20 August 2025. Search warrants were executed at a general dealer in Kerk Street and a filling station in Station Road, leading to the confiscation of cigarettes valued at approximately R3.46 million and a truck worth R4 million, with owners issued a seven-day notice to provide original docu... [Read more]