The National Commissioners of SAPS, General Fannie Masemola, has applauded the vigilance of the multidisciplinary team, working tirelessly to catch criminals at the OR TAMBO International Airport.
This came after a 30-year-old Namibian female was arrested, after a tip off of a drug mule that will arrive at OR Tambo International Airport on the 22 of September 2024. According to SAPS this is the tenth drug mule to be arrested at this Airport in the past two months.
In a media statement by SAPS, stated that SAPS, SARS custom, and immigration officials were following up on intelligence of a drug mule that would land from Sau Paulo at 07:25. The team immediately intercepted the drug mule as she was making her way through immigration. She was arrested immediately and taken to a local hospital where a medical x-ray confirmed and detected foreign objects in her stomach.
She release more than 60 bullets of suspected cocain, she is under police guard and custody. The value of the drugs could not be determined as the process to release all suspect drugs from the suspect’s body may take time.