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Sars action prevents R30m of illicit drugs from entering the country SA Revenue Service prevented over 96 kilos of narcotics (34.99kg cocaine and 61.7kg ‘tik’ and ephedrine) valued at just under R30 million from entering the country last month. In all cases, the drugs seized and the individuals involved were handed over to the SAPS for further action. The drugs were seized in 21 different interventions. Massive price-fixing fine for forwarders Japanese freight forwarding companies K Line Logistics and Yusen Logistics have pleaded guilty to price-fixing and have agreed to pay a total of the equivalent of almost R175 million in fines, according to the US Justice Department. Attempted Sars bribe ends in arrest Four individuals were arrested in Pongola, northern KwaZulu-Natal, for operating a fake Sars office where they masqueraded as Sars staff and claimed to be assisting members of the public to register as taxpayers and submit tax returns. Mozambique’s hopes of hub status dashed Constant river silting and shifting sandbanks at the Mozambique port of Beira require daily dredging, dashing hopes of building the port into a major Indian Ocean minerals export hub, Reuters reports. SA-bound giant squeezes its way through the Suez Canal One of the world’s biggest cargo ships, the bulk carrier Maxi Brazil, transited the Suez Canal at the end of last month with a cargo of 246 000 tonnes of raw iron bound from Ukraine to South Africa, according to the Egypt State Information Service. Cape Town wreck – latest The City of Cape Town says progress has been made on the Turkish vessel Seli 1 wreck reduction efforts.