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• Cigarette smuggler nabbed in Swakop 

POLICE are believed to have busted a prominent Swakopmund businessman after linking him to a haul of stolen cigarettes confiscated from a truck stopped by police at the Vioolsdrift Border Post.

Due to the sensitivity of the investigation, police refused to comment on reports about the arrest of at least one very prominent businessman from Swakopmund. The businessman was arrested in his home over the weekend where documents were apparently found, linking him to the cigarettes confiscated at Vioolsdrift. The harbour of Walvis Bay could now hold the key to uncovering one of the biggest smuggling syndicates in the history of Namibia.

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