THE thug and his two sons approached the last road block at the border gate with confidence, feeling certain they had passed through to their home country with their stashed loot.
After all, they had easily passed other routine stop-and-search operations on the way to the Mozambican border, with cops failing to find anything.
But one alert cop at Lebombo Border Post spotted something strange about the base of their Toyota Hilux double cab bakkie – and found a secret compartment!
In it they had stashed $5,5 million (R83,7 million) in crisp $100 bills!
Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the bust happened on Christmas day.
He said the base of the bakkie was cut and a false compartment had been built underneath.
“The men managed to skip roadblocks on their way to the border but at the last road block the cut was spotted. They could not give the police a clear explanation and we decided to open it. The money, all in American dollars, was stacked in batches,” said Mohlala.
The three will appear in court today.
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