SAPS seizes 40,000 litres of ethanol bound for Zimbabwe

📅 Published: August 20, 2025

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Multiple vehicles were also seized.

SARS spokesperson Siphithi Sibeko confirmed that the suspects fled the scene, leaving behind a chaotic array of trucks and containers. “Our team found more than 92 000 litres of ethanol.

This ethanol is used to manufacture illicit liquor,” Sibeko said.

The seizure forms part of a broader pipeline supplying Zimbabwe’s underground alcohol industry.

Earlier this year, 33 people, including seven directors of Samna Liquor, were arrested in Harare for running an illicit brewery producing hazardous beverages such as Jay-Dox vodka and Happy Cheers whiskey.

The products, popularly known as njengu, are notorious for causing liver failure, blindness, and even death due to dangerously unregulated ethanol levels.

Authorities have consistently warned against the health risks posed by such illicit alcohol, which is widely consumed by cash-strapped youths in urban and high-density areas.

SARS has pledged to continue targeting these criminal networks to protect communities and uphold the law. “SARS condemns this in the strongest possible terms and promises that it will continue to deal with the illicit economy,” Sibeko said.

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