Gauteng police have raised concerns on the continuation of some of the provinces outlets to sell illicit alcohol. They are referring to unregulated, untaxed, or illegally produced alcoholic drinks, including dangerous homemade brews.
Police say the alcohol poses severe health risks due to toxic ingredients like methanol and causes significant tax losses for government .
Illicit liquor, illicit cigarette, illicit clothing, it is part of our challenge because it has a direct impact, you know if these type of things come in the country through the backdoor or manufactured in the backdoors, backrooms and their toxic thing is not genuine, it kills the economy of the country because those that are legit, doing honest business end up losing clients, business because of illicit illegal structures which we cannot allow. As law enforcement we will deal with them day in day out," says Provincial Deputy Police Commissioner Fred Kekana.
