South African drug mule arrested on arrival from Dubai

A 32-year-old South African woman has been arrested by police officers at the OR Tambo International Airport South Africa.  

She arrived from Dubai and was arrested for trafficking of cocaine weighing 5‚7 kilogrammes and valued at R1‚6 million‚ the South African Police Service said on Monday.

Police found the stash of drugs hidden in tins "which were nicely sealed"‚ during a joint operation consisting of members of the South African Police Service’s Trans International Investigation Unit‚ Tactical Response Team‚ Intelligence and K9 Units (on Friday night)‚ SAPS spokesman Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said.

The woman was due to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday to a charge of dealing in drugs.

"We have established from her passport entries that she has been a regular visitor abroad‚" Naidoo said.

In another news, customs officials in South Africa have intercepted four Brazilian women in possession of 8.5kg of cocaine with an estimated value of over R2.2 million at the Cape Town International Airport.

The South African Revenue Service said on Wednesday the women had been stopped for inspection of their hand luggage by Custom officials‚ who also conducted body searches.

Officials found three packages wrapped in brown paper and plastic on each woman’s body.

The women were taken in for questioning and tests confirmed the white substance to be cocaine.
The bust took place at 11.40am on Monday.