32-year-old Tzaneen man appears in court
Illicit cigarettes and sexual performance enhancing pills found in a house in Tzaneen.
A 32-year-old Tzaneen man has appeared in the Tzaneen magistrate’s court today, 30 April, on charges of possession of illicit cigarettes, contravention of medicine and related substances control act and selling of unregistered sexual enhancement medicine.
The man was denied bail and the case was postponed to 7 May for bail application.
The arrest was made during a joint operation by members of Tzaneen crime intelligence unit and cluster detectives, after information was received which led them to a house in the CBD.
After a search that was conducted on 28 April, 84 boxes containing illicit cigarettes, 1319 sexual performance enhancing pills and cash amount of more than R60 000 were recovered. Four vehicles, a Ford Ranger, Audi, Crisler and Hyundai Elantra were confiscated. The recovered goods are worth over R 1.5m.
