A 69-year-old man is predicted to seem within the Kempton Park Magistrates Court docket on Friday following a drug bust at OR Tambo Worldwide on Wednesday.
The person was present in possession of eight kilograms of heroin, with a road worth of round R1.2 million hid in his journey bag. That is in accordance with Gauteng police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Netshiunda.
‘Counter Narcotics Intelligence Head Workplace, Organised Crime Narcotics Head Workplace and K9 West Rand operationalised intelligence info and intercepted the suspect as he tried to board a flight destined for India,’ Netshiunda added.
The accused has been charged with possession and dealing of medicine.
The arrest comes lower than a month after a multidisciplinary crew arrested a person in his early 50s for drug trafficking at King Shaka Worldwide Airport.
In a press release, Hawks spokesperson, Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo, mentioned the person was discovered with simply over six kilograms of cocaine, valued at round R2.2 million in his baggage. The person was believed to have been on his strategy to the Philippines. He has since appeared in courtroom with investigations ongoing.
In the meantime, final 12 months, Perception Crime reported that South Africa had made nice strides in seizing massive portions of medicine, destined for different nations.
The report famous the confiscation of a ton of cocaine from a transport container within the Durban port that had arrived from the Brazilian port of Santos, in July.
On the time police spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale, mentioned by March final 12 months over 4 tons of cocaine had been seized within the nation.
‘Most of those medicine would have been destined for different nations whereas no less than 20% would have remained behind as fee to the traffickers and consumption within the home market,’ he mentioned.
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