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Illegal Cigarette Shipment Seized At Keetmanshoop 

Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2006-11-02
Author: The Namibian (Windhoek)

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CUSTOMS and Excise officials at Keetmanshoop yesterday thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of cigarettes across the southern border.

The officials seized around 1 million cigarettes concealed in a consignment of firewood on a truck, belonging to Invo Transport CC.

The truck's driver, Otto Basser (37), told The Namibian that the firewood and cigarettes were loaded at the farm Appelblaar in the Omitara district.

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