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[UPDATE] R1,75 million smuggling: 52-year-old man arrested too

Provincial Hawks Spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke says the second suspect was linked to the case after visiting the first suspect at the holding cells.

LIMPOPO – A 52-year-old suspect, who according to police conspired with a 24-year-old man to smuggle R1,75 million into Botswana last week, is expected to appear in the Lephalale Magistrate’s Court today, 12 August, following his arrest by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit.

Read more: Man arrested at border with R1,75 million in cash

On 7 August, a 24-year-old man was arrested by police at the Stockpoort Border Post, as he was intending to cross the border into Botswana.

Hawks Spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke says their investigation linked the second suspect to the first when he had paid the first suspect a visit at the holding cells.

Maluleke says the first suspect remains in custody and is expected to make a second appearance at the Lephalale Magistrate’s Court on 15 August 2019, for a formal bail application.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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