Attempted hit: Tobacco boss Simon Rudland kingpin of the ‘cheapies’

Van Loggerenberg had spearheaded attempts to clamp down on tobacco tax dodging before getting forced out of SARS in 2015.

"As early as 31 July 2014, SARS was on record that at least the initial attacks on SARS, me and investigative units that I managed were driven by persons associated with the tobacco industry," he said. that about 26.8% of all cigarettes sold in South Africa were"illicit" and that this trade was dominated by one local company: Gold Leaf Tobacco.

Warrants of arrest had been obtained for Rudland, Mahomet and Ebrahim Adamjee, a South African citizen who is a director of Gold Leaf.

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