In an update, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the drug mule has released 68 drug bullets from her body and the estimated weight of the drugs is 850 grammes.
A Namibian woman was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport after she landed from Brazil with cocaine in her stomach. Picture: SAPS A 30-year-old Namibian woman who the Gauteng SAPS took into custody at the OR Tambo International Airport after a tip off, has released more than capsules of cocaine from her stomach.
The South African Police Service says a follow up medical examination, an X-ray, has confirmed that the Namibian woman who had ingested drug bullets before landing in South Africa has released all the contraband. In an update on Monday evening, national police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said all drugs have been removed from the Namibian drug mule’s body.
A Namibian woman was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport after she landed from Brazil with cocaine in her stomach. Picture: SAPSOn Sunday, Mathe said SAPS, the SA Revenue Service customs and immigration officials were following up on intelligence from SAPS of a drug mule that would land from Sao Paulo around 7am.
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