Over the past six months, SA Revenue Service (Sars) customs officials at Durban Harbour have seized contraband worth R49 million including drugs, wildlife and counterfeit clothing.
Sars spokesman, Luther Lebelo, told Independent Online that the new scanners at the port, with X-ray capabilities, were now able to show the difference between 40 different types of materials such as aluminium, steel, plastic and organic matter.
“This new system also helps increase audit-ability because it is now highly integrated and centrally available over the Sars network. Sars therefore has the ability to investigate cases, re-investigate cases, check for quality control, interrogate findings, and we can also tell who did what, which cannot be done at the moment. These are the big benefits,” he said.
