A 30-year-old female Namibian drug mule has been arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport. This is the tenth drug mule to be arrested at OR Tambo in the past two months.
SAPS, SARS custom, and immigration officials were following up on intelligence from SAPS of a drug mule that would land from Sau Paulo at about 07:25. The team immediately intercepted the drug mule as she was making her way through immigration.
She was immediately arrested, taken to a local hospital where a medical x-ray confirmed and detected foreign objects in her stomach. The process to release the suspected drugs from her body is underway. She has already released more than 60 bullets of suspected cocaine thus far.
She is currently under police guard and custody. The value of the drugs cannot be determined at this stage as the process to release all suspected drugs from the suspects body may take some time. The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service(SAPS), General Fannie Masemola has applauded the vigilance of the multidisciplinary team working tirelessly to clampdown on criminality at the OR TAMBO International Airport.
“Our men and women in blue are hard at work intercepting hardened criminals. South Africa is not a playground for criminals and transnational organised crime. We are squeezing the space for criminals and leaving nothing to chance. “, concluded Gen Fannie Masemola.
