Overview
- Officials are redeploying drones and other surveillance tools to high-risk sections, including Maseru Bridge, to speed responses to illegal crossings and illicit goods.
- Three privately donated armoured vehicles now patrol the Limpopo River to navigate rough terrain and water channels used by smugglers.
- At Kosi Bay, officers arrested two Mozambican nationals and seized 46 fraudulently stamped passports and R34,890 after a failed bribery attempt.
- BMA teams intercepted 585 undocumented Zimbabweans near Groblers Bridge and about 142 Basotho at Sani Pass, while operations at Sendelingsdrift were temporarily suspended due to high water levels.
- Since festive operations began, the BMA reports blocking over 595,000 illegal entry attempts, impounding more than 395 vehicles, and preventing illicit cigarette imports near R1 billion in value, as it operates at roughly 24% capacity with about 160 support staff drafted in.