The municipality of Swakopmund, through their health inspector, confiscated 70 bags containing 50 kilograms of rotten mangos after a truck was pulled over by police officers at the roadblock.

The rotten bags of mangos were transported from Zambia to Walvis Bay.

nbc News spoke to the Swakopmund municipality's health services and solid waste management manager, Abel Kationdorozu, who confirmed that the mangos are unfit for human consumption.

Kationdorozu says eating spoiled or toxic food can lead to food poisoning, which will lead to nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

The mangos were fresh when they were loaded on the truck in Zambia, but because of the long journey, they became rotten as they had to endure all sorts of weather conditions on an open truck without any cooler.

The mangoes were to be sold on the street market for 10, 5, or 3 dollars.