A 63-year-old suspect was arrested for trying to smuggle heroin worth millions overseas at the Cape Town International Airport on Saturday.
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According to Hawks provincial spokesperson, Zinzi Hani, the woman was charged for trying to smuggle 3.5 kilogrammes of heroin worth approximately R1.6 million to Europe.
‘The woman was arrested by the Hawks South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau team together with Border Policing Unit Cape Town and Gauteng Crime Intelligence before boarding the Ethiopian Airlines flight.’
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Hani said that the arrest came following information received on 4 August regarding a suspected drug courier who entered South Africa and would be taking drugs out on her departure.
The information was followed up, and the narcotics were discovered in the suspect’s luggage concealed in an inside structure before checking in.
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‘The courier was intercepted and heroin was seized.’
She is expected to make her first appearance in the Bellville Magistrates’ Court today on a charge of dealing in drugs.
Meanwhile, another suspected drug mule was subsequently arrested at Cape Town International Airport.
According to police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie, a 62-year-old man was arrested after being found in possession of heroin worth about R1.2 million.
The man, who is of Spanish descent, will also appear in the Bellville Magistrates’ Court today.
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