Vehicle smuggler sentenced to 53 years’ imprisonment for KZN-Mozambique operation

Durban — The national task team deployed to the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal to clamp down on cross-border crime has added another feather to its cap, having secured the conviction of a wanted cross-border vehicle hijacker and smuggler.National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said this week that the Mtubatuba Magistrate’s Court sentenced Sipho “Smirnoff” Mhlanga, 37, to 53 years’ imprisonment.She said Mhlanga was arrested in August 2023 and was linked to a syndicate that had been smuggling hijacked and stolen vehicles from South Africa to Mozambique through…