Disrupting operations continues to show results

LIMPOPO – Operation Vala Umgodi continues to stamp the authority of the State by disrupting smuggling of persons and counterfeit goods at Limpopo River.

The Joint Forces through Operation Vala Umgodi comprising of the Border Policing Teams from various Provincial border Business Units deployed at Beitbridge Port of Entry, continue to stamp the authority of the State by disrupting smuggling of persons and counterfeit goods at Limpopo River.

The team has swiftly activated and operationalized information that was aimed at disrupting the smuggling of persons and counterfeit goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa across the Limpopo River.

All illegal ferries and ladders that were seized and wooden bridges, were successfully disposed of through destruction.

In addition to this, nine male suspects aged between 21 and 45, were arrested for contravention of the Immigration Act on Monday 26 February 2024 at Ntsako village outside Letsitele in Mopani District. The suspects are expected to appear before Ritavi Magistrate’s Court.