GAUTENG. – Five suitcases containing 216 blocks of cocaine, weighing roughly 250 kg and with an estimated street value of more than R200 million, were intercepted on Sunday at OR Tambo International Airport.
Brig. Athlenda Mathe, national spokesperson, said the seizure was carried out by a multidisciplinary police team, the revenue service's customs division and the border management authority. According to police, a total of 116 drug mules have been arrested at the airport over the past 24 months.
Gen. Fannie Masemola, national police commissioner, praised the team.
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