Condoms, Viagra tablets, and skin lightening creams are among the vast quantities of products confiscated by police at the China Multiplex storage facilities in the Johannesburg CBD.
Spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters says police, together with brand-holders, executed a search warrant at China Multiplex storage facilities in the Johannesburg CBD and confiscated a consignment of different products and brands. Follow-up operations saw police search for more storage units where police confiscated a lot more goods that include the usual clothing and shoes of different sports and luxury brands.
She says the monetary value of the confiscated goods is estimated at R14.2 million, pending final confirmation by the brand holders. No suspects have been arrested and police are continuing with investigations."
The seized goods also included shoe polish, razor blades, hair extension pieces, hair dye, deodorants, baking powder, yeast, spices, cigarettes, and light bulbs.
On Thursday, the SAPS in Johannesburg confiscated counterfeit sanitary towels and running shoes with a combined estimated value of R12 million in another storage facility. Peters said the raid on Thursday followed an initial operation on Wednesday, where police found a Toyota Quantum loaded with sanitary towels estimated to be worth R5 million.
Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela said law and order were being restored in Gauteng - the economic hub of South Africa.
- African News Agency (ANA)
