The South African Police Service SAPS and its crime-fighting partners seized counterfeit and illicit goods worth more than R350 million during nationwide takedown operations over the festive season.
SAPS spokesperson, lieutenant-colonel Amanda van Wyk, said multi-disciplinary operations, led by the national and provincial Counterfeit, Contraband and Illicit Goods Units, had been carried out in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape in December.
Nearly 600 000 counterfeit and illicit goods were seized, which included high-end designer-branded clothing, sports apparel, footwear, jewellery, cosmetics and cellphone accessories.
