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Media Statement WESTERN CAPE – Police members attached to the Provincial Counterfeit and illicit Goods Policing Team and Anti-Economic task team executed a search warrant on Sunday 13 October 2024 in Stikland. The integration operation kicked off at around 09:00 in Brug Street when they descended on an identified premises where they found a Scania truck. The members searched the suspicious truck and found 22 bags containing well-known branded sporting socks. The members widened the search of the contents of the truck which resulted in the ultimate confiscation of a consignment of sporting goods. Although arrests are yet to be made, counterfeit goods valued at over R2,5 million were seized.
The Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, Lt Gen (Adv.) Thembisile Patekile who termed the trade in counterfeit goods as an economic sabotage reiterated that the team will continue to remove counterfeit goods from the streets of the Province. He also issued a stern warning that landlords who are aware of illegal activities on their premises are also in the sights of SAPS.
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