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Seven foreign nationals have been arrested in Wolmaransstad, North West for being in possession of contraband cigarettes.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane says the Hawks were on patrol along the South Africa-Botswana border on Thursday when they noticed a truck being escorted by a black Mercedez Benz.
He says four Botswana nationals and three Pakistanis were arrested. Three other Pakistanis escaped in the Mercedes.
Ngubane says 209 boxes of contraband cigarettes with an estimated street value of R3.5 million were confiscated.
The seven suspects will appear in Court on Monday.
