Cape Town –A 21-year-old South African woman arrested at OR Tambo International Airport has expelled over 110 drug bullets since her arrest on Sunday morning.
This is the highest number of drug bullets discovered at the airport in eight years, according to SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe.
The woman was intercepted upon arriving from São Paulo, Brazil, during a joint operation between SAPS and SARS Customs.
She was taken to a hospital where an X-ray confirmed the presence of foreign objects in her stomach.
“SAPS OR Tambo International Airport say this is more than the average drug bullets that drug mules that are intercepted at the OR Tambo Airport usually carry.
#sapsHQ [UPDATE] The 21-year-old South African female drug trafficker that was arrested at ORTIA on Sunday has so far released more than 110 drug bullets suspected to be cocaine.
SAPS OR Tambo International Airport say this is more than the average drug bullets that drug mules… pic.twitter.com/fWUHQ9s7XD
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) September 30, 2024
“Police are urging people not to go to extreme lengths to risk their lives as this exercise can turn fatal.
Police are also concerned on the involvement of young women in this type of criminality. This drug mule is expected to appear before the Kempton Park Magistrate Court on Tuesday, 01 October 2024,” Mathe said.
The woman is the eleventh drug mule arrested at OR Tambo in the past two months, with police warning against the life-threatening risks of drug trafficking.
SAPS has been increasingly intercepting drug traffickers at the airport, including recent cases involving mules from Namibia and Nigeria.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
