What was confiscated

In the 2007/2008 financial
year Sars, in collaboration
with law enforcement
agencies, confiscated more
than 8 900 kilograms of
smuggled abalone valued at
approximately R30 million
and 1 400 master cases of
smuggled and counterfeit
tobacco valued at more
than R20 million.
Along with counterfeit
goods amounting to
R333.2 million, illicit drugs –
which included the seizure of
one kilogram of cocaine from
a single courier, two trucks, a
trailer and a luxury vehicle used
to commit crimes associated
with illicit substances -were
also seized.