Heroin worth R2m and alleged drug mule stopped
Drug busts net millions across the country.
A South African man, aged 52, was apprehended by South African Police Service (Saps) at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, with an estimated R2 million worth of heroin. The arrest occurred after intercepting the man upon his arrival from Accra, Ghana, and discovering bullet-like objects and blocks containing suspected heroin in his luggage.
This marks the third arrest of a suspected drug mule at this port of entry in the past three weeks, as per Lieutenant-Colonel Amanda van Wyk, a spokesperson for Provincial police.
Earlier in the weekend, a 62-year-old woman was arrested in Hammanskraal, Pretoria, for drug dealing. The arrest was triggered by a community tip-off regarding a suspected drug-dealing operation led by the woman and her son. During a search, authorities found a quantity of crystal methamphetamine in the woman's possession. The woman confessed that the drugs were her son's and that she was assisting in running the illicit operation while he was absent, according to Colonel Isaac Mahamba, a spokesperson for the Tshwane Metro Police Department.
In Limpopo, police arrested two Tanzanians and seized dagga worth an estimated R1.5 million in Vhembe district on Friday. The suspects, expected to appear before the Musina Magistrate’s Court, are currently in police custody.
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