Six people have been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport over the course of a month for smuggling cocaine and heroin worth over R4m.
On Friday, a passenger travelling from Dubai to Namibia was intercepted, and cocaine worth R1.2 million was found in his luggage, according to South African Police Service spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili.
“The seven people were caught with the drugs in their luggage or wrapped around the body or in some instances the scanners at the airport detected foreign objects in their stomachs and they were found to have swallowed the drugs.” The accused have appeared in court and remain in custody until their cases are finalised, Muridili said.
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