Two taxis were also bust at the Mozambique and Swaziland borders in the past week.
This comes after recent seizures of contraband at the OR Tambo Airport involving ironing boards‚ books‚ wooden objects and body bags.
The South African Revenue Service said in a statement a vigilant official had discovered over R1 million worth of illicit cigarettes hidden in a trailer carrying a horse at Beitbridge border post on Monday‚ 28 September. He was inspecting trucks parked at the border post at about 2am when he discovered the one truck carrying a horse in the trailer.
“The truck driver did not have a permit for the horse and was parked there overnight. However‚ the officer had a sixth sense about the truck and decided to do a thorough search‚” SARS said.
