{"id":25943,"date":"2020-07-26T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?p=25943"},"modified":"2020-07-27T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:05:36","slug":"suspect-nabbed-for-allegedly-smuggling-explosives-using-funeral-undertakers-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-nabbed-for-allegedly-smuggling-explosives-using-funeral-undertakers-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect nabbed for allegedly smuggling explosives using funeral undertaker\u2019s vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POLOKWANE &#8211; A week after arresting two suspects at Beitbridge Border Post for the smuggling of illicit cigarettes hidden in a petrol tanker, members of the South African Police Service deployed at the same border post have apprehended a 30-year-old suspect on Sunday, 26 July 2020, for smuggling explosives into the country, using a Funeral Undertaker\u2019s vehicle.<br \/>\nMembers were again busy with their routine duties at the border post when a vehicle, branded with the name of a funeral pallor from Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, approached towing a trailer. The vehicle was searched together with its trailer and the police found 306 units of blasting cartridges and four (04) rims of detonating cord estimated at R700 800.00. The explosives were hidden in the trailer. The lone driver was immediately arrested.<br \/>\nThe Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba has once more commended the members for their continuous vigilance and dedication in arresting the smugglers.<br \/>\nThe suspect, who is a foreign National, will appear in Musina Magistrate\u2019s Court soon on a charge of smuggling and possession of explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLOKWANE &#8211; A week after arresting two suspects at Beitbridge Border Post for the smuggling of illicit cigarettes hidden in a petrol tanker, members of the South African Police Service deployed at the same border post have apprehended a 30-year-old suspect on Sunday, 26 July 2020, for smuggling explosives into the country, using a Funeral &#8230; <a title=\"Suspect nabbed for allegedly smuggling explosives using funeral undertaker\u2019s vehicle\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-nabbed-for-allegedly-smuggling-explosives-using-funeral-undertakers-vehicle\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Suspect nabbed for allegedly smuggling explosives using funeral undertaker\u2019s vehicle\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Suspect nabbed for allegedly smuggling explosives using funeral undertaker\u2019s vehicle - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-nabbed-for-allegedly-smuggling-explosives-using-funeral-undertakers-vehicle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspect nabbed for allegedly smuggling explosives using funeral undertaker\u2019s vehicle - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"POLOKWANE &#8211; A week after arresting two suspects at Beitbridge Border Post for the smuggling of illicit cigarettes hidden in a petrol tanker, members of the South African Police Service deployed at the same border post have apprehended a 30-year-old suspect on Sunday, 26 July 2020, for smuggling explosives into the country, using a Funeral ... 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