OR TAMBO. – A 52-year-old South African was arrested on Sunday at OR Tambo International Airport after alleged heroin worth more than R2 million was found in his luggage.
The arrest follows an intelligence-driven operation by the South African Police Service, with support from the Border Management Authority.
The man had just arrived on a flight from Accra, Ghana when he was intercepted by police at the airport on 20 September.
According to police, a search of his baggage revealed items resembling bullets, as well as blocks of substances suspected to be heroin.
Police estimate the street value of the alleged drugs at more than R2 million.
The man is expected to appear later this week in the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on charges related to drug trafficking, while the investigation continues.
This is the third alleged drug smuggler arrested at OR Tambo in the past three weeks, according to police.
Police said they will continue with intelligence-driven and targeted operations to disrupt drug-trafficking networks at the country's ports of entry.
Source: SAPS
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
