South Africa’s (SA) Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner, Dr. Mike Masiapato, says not all trucks are screened at border posts.
Masiapato was explaining how a truck from Malawi with a drug consignment worth R1 billion ($61 million) passed undetected on the Zimbabwean side of the Beitbridge border post in Musina. The truck was intercepted once it reached the SA side of the border. He was speaking during a press briefing at Beitbridge on Thursday.
“The missing aspect, also from their side, is the same reality that we do not necessarily do a hundred percent screen for all trucks. It is not only a SA issue but also an African and global issue. So, on that basis, it is very much possible to miss something of that magnitude and of that nature. So I suppose that is what happened in this particular instance.”
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