drug smuggling Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/drug-smuggling/ Latest News & Press Releases Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:06:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png drug smuggling Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/drug-smuggling/ 32 32 Hawks Nab Customs Officials for Cocaine Smuggling https://news.media.co.za/hawks-nab-customs-officials-for-cocaine-smuggling/ Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:06:55 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=5716 Two Customs officials from OR Tambo International Airport were arrested on Sunday evening for smuggling cocaine worth R2 million. The suspects aged 29 and 35 allegedly smuggled out an unaccompanied suite case which arrived on a flight from Brazil on Sunday afternoon and left it at the international arrival hall security passenger exit gate. Hawks’ […]

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]]> Out Of Sight https://news.media.co.za/out-of-sight/ Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:18:06 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2650 In November 2009, 50-year old Liz Warren, a popular chef in the seaside town of Hermanus, was arrested in Senegal for drug smuggling. In June 2013, Gauteng businessman Gerhard Hattingh was imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Desperate or greedy, naïve or deceived, there are many reasons why people become trapped in this pernicious web […]

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]]> Beast or Bait https://news.media.co.za/beast-or-bait/ Fri, 15 May 2015 10:38:18 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2410 This week Special Assignment investigates the link between drug smuggling and human trafficking. The recent execution of eight of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug smugglers in Indonesia has once again turned the world’s spotlight on the transnational drug trade and the punishment for this crime. In Malaysia, where drug trafficking is a capital crime, a 29-year […]

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