Limpopo police find Illegal explosives in hearse
Police in Limpopo have arrested a 30-year-old suspect for smuggling explosives into the country in a hearse.
The suspect, who was driving a hearse and a trailer, was arrested at Beitbridge Border Post.
Limpopo police's Motlafela Mojapelo says the explosives were hidden in the trailer.
"Members were again busy with their routine duties at the border post when a vehicle branded with the name of a funeral parlour from Johannesburg in Gauteng, approached towing a trailer.
The vehicle was searched together with its trailer and the police found 306 units of blasting cartridges and four rims of detonating cord estimated at R700 800."
The suspect is set to appear in Musina Magistrate's Court soon.
He has been charged with smuggling and possession of explosives.
A week ago, police arrested two suspects also at the Beitbridge Border Post for smuggling illicit cigarettes hidden in a petrol tanker.