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Three foreign nationals appeared in court in Alexandria in the Eastern Cape this week for being in the possession of more than 700 cell phones, cell phone batteries as well as earphones and charges valued at more than R4.7m.
Provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Sibongile Soci, said they were arrested at a roadblock on Friday on the N2 while en route to Cape Town.
She said the Department of Home Affairs confirmed that the men were in the country illegally while patent lawyers also confirmed that the goods seized were counterfeit.
The three were denied bail on Monday and they will remain in custody until their next court appearance.
