A consignment of ethanol with an alcohol content of 96% was seized at a storage facility in Kempton Park on Wednesday. This follows a joint operation involving SARS, SAPS and the HAWKS, who pounced on the facility where the consignment was being off-loaded. At the unlicensed and unregistered facility, police also confiscated 1000-litre flow bins and storage tanks, the contents of which must be tested. "Such schemes rob the fiscus of billions in revenue each year; illicit alcohol alone costs billions of rands in lost taxes annually. Illicit alcohol poses risks to consumers through substandard liquor quality," it says.