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 […]
28 September 2015 – SA actress caught with R4.6 million worth of crystal meth
Pretoria, 28 September 2015 – SARS Customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) discovered 15.4 kilograms of ephedrine (crystal meth) in the bag of a passenger who had arrived from Abu Dhabi on Sunday, 27 September 2015. The narcotics have an estimated street value of R4.6 million. The passenger, who was proceeding through the “Nothing […]
30 September 2015 – Illicit cigarettes hidden in trailer carrying horse at Beitbridge
ILLICIT CIGARETTES HIDDEN IN TRAILER CARRYING HORSE AT BEITBRIDGE Pretoria, 30 September 2015 – A vigilant SARS official discovered over R1 million worth of illicit cigarettes hidden in a trailer carrying a horse at Beitbridge border post on 28 September 2015. The officer was doing inspections of trucks parked at the border post at about 2am […]
