Illicit alcohol trade flourishing: Liquor Traders Association

JOHANNESBURG - The illicit alcohol trade is estimated to be worth about R20.5 billion annually.

That is according to Lucky Ntimane from the National Liquor Traders.

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Recently, Gauteng police shut down an illegal micro-distillery in Katlehong and arrested eleven suspects.

An estimated R5 million worth of liquor was found and ten suspects - believed to be foreign nationals - were arrested.

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