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.
