23 July 2015 SARS issues stern warning to merchants in the fast moving cash goods (FMG) industries
Pretoria, 23 July 2015 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has identified extensive non-compliance within the formal and informal cash merchants environment, which includes merchants in the FMCG wholesale and retail industry. Following various investigations SARS has identified 295 Cash and Carry entities that displayed the following non-compliant behaviour: Customs fraud, Tax evasion, Claiming of […]
27 July 2015 – SARS and SAPS confiscate over R2m worth of suspected stolen alcohol
Pretoria, 27 July 2015 – South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials and members of the SA Police Service (SAPS) discovered 14 000 boxes of illegal alcohol at a bottle store in Pretoria’s Marabastad area on Friday 24 July. Despite initial denials by the owner of the bottle store that any alcohol was stored in the backyard, […]
12 August 2015 – Drugs and counterfeit shoes discovered by Customs officials
Pretoria, 12 August 2015 – Ephedrine worth over R1 million was discovered hidden in lace embroidery at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) mail centre this week. On Tuesday, 11 August, SARS Customs officials conducted random inspections at the ORTIA mail centre, where a parcel, which arrived from India and destined for Johannesburg, was searched, containing […]
13 August 2015 – Drugs found in ironing boards at ORTIA mail centre
Pretoria, 13 August 2015 – Ephedrine worth over R2 million was discovered hidden in ironing boards at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) mail centre yesterday (12 August 2015). While conducting random inspections at the mail centre, a Customs officer spotted a parcel coming from India declared as ironing boards. Importation of ironing boards through the […]
19 August 2015 – R8m worth of crystal meth found in woman’s luggage
Pretoria, 18 August 2015 – Crystal meth (tik) worth over R8 million was discovered hidden in the lining of a passenger’s baggage at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) yesterday,18 August 2015. The female passenger, who had just disembarked from a flight from Dubai, was stopped and her bag was scanned. The Customs officer grew suspicious […]
24 August 2015 – 2 million income tax returns submitted
Pretoria, 24 August 2015 — The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is pleased to announce that it passed the 2 million mark of income tax returns by tax payers. This happened on Thursday, 20 August 2015 at 17:00. This indicates that 44.77% of taxpayers required to submit a tax return have already done so compared to […]
25 August 2015 – Millions of rands worth of drugs and counterfeit goods confiscated at OR Tambo Airport
Pretoria, 25 August 2015 – SARS Customs officers at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) have made significant busts as part of intensive weekend and daily operations over the past few months, with the biggest bust thus far this week, being a baggage of 125.4 kg of Liquid Methamphetamine worth a street value of R37.6 million. The […]
31 August 2015 – SARS confiscates undeclared currency to the estimated value of R78 million at OR Tambo Airport
Pretoria, 31 August 2015 – Customs Officials at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) on Friday 28 August 2015 apprehended five individuals in possession of currency to the value of R23 million and US 3.775 million. The passengers were scheduled to depart South Africa on United Arab Emirates flight EK 766 to Dubai. Risk profiling earlier by […]
4 September 2015 – Over R2 million of rough diamonds and gold found at Beitbridge
Pretoria, 4 September 2015 – Vigilant Customs officials discovered rough diamonds and gold hidden in a traveller’s belongings at the Beitbrdge border post on Wednesday, 2 September. During an inspection of goods in a truck from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), officials noticed unusual objects in certain of the boxes being transported. Amongst various […]
22 September 2015 – Two massive crystal meth busts at ORTIA
Pretoria, 22 September 2015 – In just one day, Customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport made two massive busts of crystal meth valued at over R29 million in total. Earlier today, Customs officials at the terminal discovered crystal meth worth over R18 million hidden in three bags which had arrived from Lagos. Vigilant Customs officials […]
