Police confiscate liquor worth R5 million at illegal distillery

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Eleven suspects are in police custody following their arrest for running an illegal distillery in Gauteng.

Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello says a multi-disciplinary task team pounced on a property in Kathlehong on Tuesday where they confiscated illicit liquor to the value of R 5 million.

She says 10 of the suspects are foreign nationals and will now be processed by the Department of Home Affairs.

The suspects will be charged with operating an illegal micro-distillery, contravening the Liquor Act and the unlawful possession of ethanol.