South African Police Service (SAPS) has reported that on Monday, 08 September 2025, members of the Maitland Flying Squad in the Western Cape followed up information about a facility that is manufacturing illegal alcohol.
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The members visited the premises on the R44 road in Klapmuts and found the facility with alcohol manufacturing equipment inside the building.
Seven suspects, five males aged between 25 and 43 and two females, both aged 20, were arrested for contravention of the Liquor Act.
The equipment that were confiscated are containers containing ethanol, ten big white 1000 litre containers, empty bottles and machines.
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Once charged the suspects are due to appear in the Paarl Magistrate’s Court on the mentioned charges.
