Multi-disciplinary team raids storage facility for illicit goods in White River
Police say the storage facility where the raid is underway has at least 700 storage facilities.
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JOHANNESBURG - A multi-disciplinary team, including the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the Hawks directorate, has raided a storage facility in White River, south of Nelspruit, where illicit goods suspected to be worth millions were found.
Police said the storage facility where the raid was had at least 700 storage facilities.
An information-driven operation led law enforcement to one unit where illicit items, including medication, food items, cosmetics and fireworks were found.
Spokesperson Donald Mdluli said that the items were allegedly being sold to various spaza shops.
"For now, the owner has not been located, however, we've got security guards who are here. If maybe I can paint a picture of this place: it's an area with a lot of storage facilities. There are more than seven hundred - it could be thousands of storage facilities where people store things. However, the intelligence pointed that there were some illicit items that were stored and then distributed to various spaza shops and other stores."