Post Reporter
LUCK ran out for second-hand clothes smugglers after their two trucks loaded with consignments of bales were intercepted by police in Mutare in the early hours of Thursday morning.
National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest.
“On Thursday, October 29, 2026 at around 01:15am, members of the police deployed on anti-smuggling exercise intercepted two 15-tonne trucks loaded with smuggled bales of second hand clothes.
“The trucks, a DAF with registration number AHE 1913 and a MAN with registration number AHA 0892, were intercepted at Border Stream area in Mutare fully loaded with bales of second-hand clothes,” he said.
Commissioner Nyathi said law enforcement agents are intensifying efforts to tackle smuggling and cross-border crimes.
