SANDF soldier has been arrested for being in possession of illicit cigarettes
The military police (MP) has arrested a non-commissioned South African National Defense Force (SANDF) soldier in the Seshego area of Limpopo on Sunday 31 May for possession of illicit cigarettes.
A consignment of cigarettes was found in a military vehicle he was driving.
The suspect was arrested and taken to the local South African Police Service (SAPS) station for processing. The SANDF soldier, however, cannot be named at this stage, as he has not yet appeared in a court of law.
The MP investigators followed up on a tip-off about a military vehicle that was carrying a consignment of suspected illegal cigarettes and managed to trace and arrest the suspect.
“An investigation on the matter is currently underway and the findings thereof will inform the preferred charges against the NCO,” said SANDF spokesperson Ronald Maseko.
SANDF did not mention what the total value of the cigarettes amounted to.
In other news today:
A 23-year-old man, Sibusiso Langa, has been charged with the murders of seven KwaZulu-Natal men who were shot in the head while in a house in eMsahweni in KwaMakutha, south of Durban, in May.
According to police, Langa was arrested on Sunday and appeared in the Umbumbulu magistrate’s court on Wednesday.
“Investigations are ongoing and we cannot rule out the possibility of further arrests,” said spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naidoo on Wednesday.
A 23-year-old has been charged for the mass shooting of 7 men in KZN
