| 2024/11/20 |
Media Statement DURBAN - Police in KwaZulu-Natal have discovered two warehouses which were used to store expired food during an operation in the Bluff area, south of Durban on Wednesday afternoon, 20 November 2024. Food items such as canned fish, fizzy drinks, soya beans, baby food, spices, which are mostly used on chips, were found stored with hazardous chemicals such as pesticides. Counterfeit prescription medication, body lotion and expired alcoholic beverages were also found in the two warehouses. During the operation police also discovered another two warehouses which were storing counterfeit big-brand clothing items worth millions of rand. Investigations are underway to locate the people responsible for the sale of expired food which is mostly sold at the township and village spaza shops, as well as the importers of fake clothing items. Police have also intensified operations to detect vessels that come into the country carrying prohibited items and products that have not been authorized to be in the country.
The Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has commended the various units that discovered the warehouses and vowed not to leave any stone unturned in search of the people who put the lives of South Africans at risk, especially children who buy expired food from local spaza shops.
Enquiries:
|
| Additional content: |