The deputy police commissioner, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili has confirmed that the drug mule arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday has been rushed to hospital following a health complication.
The 43-year-old drug mule from Paraguay who had landed from São Paulo has so far released about 117 drug bullets suspected to be cocaine and the releasing process has been stopped.
DRUG MULE NABBED AT OR TAMBO AIRPORT RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
The South African Police Service (SAPS) said every week in the last month, they have arrested at least one drug mule at OR Tambo International Airport.
Last week police arrested three drug mules, including two Dutch traffickers, who were found with 80kg of Khat.
Sunday’s arrest was the 14th drug mule to be arrested in recent weeks.
Mosikili said the arrest must send a strong message out there and serve as a deterrent that this exercise is dangerous and can cause loss of life.
“SAPS remains on high alert to prevent and combat criminality at OR Tambo International Airport,” she said.
WOMEN NABBED FOR TRAFFICKING
Recently, a 21-year-old South African woman became the eleventh person arrested for drug trafficking at the OR Tambo Airport.
The woman was intercepted as she was arriving on a flight from São Paulo, Brazil.
She was taken to a local hospital where an X-ray confirmed that she had foreign objects in her stomach.
On Sunday, 22 September, a 30-year-old Namibian mule was also arrested after arriving from São Paulo.
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