State security agents, on Wednesday made a major breakthrough in the fight against cross border crime when they arrested 24 year old South African national, Nicholas Fouche, with R1.75 million stashed in the boot of a car. Fouche, who crossed through ports of entry in Botswana without declaring the large stash of money with customs officials at the border, ran out of luck on Wednesday as he was arrested at Stockpoort border post in the Lephalale area. He was trying to cross the border into Botswana from South Africa without declaring the R1.75 million cash, which was found hidden in the boot of his car. Fouche remains detained by South African police after he was denied bail by Lephalale Magistrate court at the end of the week, while investigations continue to establish the source, destination and purpose of the funds. Highly placed sources within the security cluster told The Patriot on Sunday that Fouche has been on their radar since early 2019 as he has been making frequent trips to Botswana using different ports of entry. Last week, Fouche is said to have entered Botswana using the Namibian border post of Gobabis but managed to elude customs officers and Botswana…