ZIM CIGARETTE SMUGGLER ESCAPES JAIL IN SA

A 25-year-old Zimbabwean man has been fined R40 000 by a Polokwane Magistrate Court for smuggling into South Africa 330 cartons of Remington Gold cigarettes worth R87 000. Walter Madhongi was arrested by the neighbouring country’s specialised crime unit, the Hawks in October this year. South African police are cracking down on crime around Limpopo province in an operation code name ‘Zizo Jika