Two people aged 34 and 46 have been arrested by police in Limpopo for contravention of the Customs and Excise Act and possession of illicit hookahs worth about R3.8 million.
A hookah is a single or multi-stemmed water pipe that is used for heating or vaporising, and then smoking specially made tobacco mixtures that come in a wide variety of flavours.
The arrest was made along the R521 Road in the Mogwadi policing area, according to provincial police spokesperson in Limpopo, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba.
Members of the Capricorn district Flying Squad tactically approached a white Man Rigid truck and stopped it along the R521 at Mogwadi. This after information was received that the said truck with two suspects, a driver and passenger was transporting illicit goods, he said.
Upon searching the truck, Ledwaba said police found 908 boxes containing premium hookah flavours, wrapped with plastic.
