At least 13 people were charged with dealing with illicit goods and being in possession of suspected stolen property.
EKURHULENI – At least 13 people have been arrested and charged after City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department and South African Police Service officers swooped on a facility where expired and counterfeit consumables were being reprocessed and repackaged for sale, the city said on Sunday.
Friday's raid on the property was"sparked by community activism" in which police received a tip-off from the community, he said. The preliminary investigation revealed that the expired products being reprocessed had been destined for disposal. Police were investigating the possibility that some of the products were stolen during delivery truck hijackings.
Police and environmental health practitioners would continue to monitor informal food trading throughout the city,"as such products may end up being sold there", Mmoko said.
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