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Airport police nabs another drug mule

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:33:04 +0000

A 25-year-old woman arrested in possession of drugs with an estimated street value of R456 000 at the OR Tambo International Airport appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on 2 November 2016. Linah Sonto Umezikile was arrested shortly after disembarking a plane from Sao Paulo, Brazil on Monday morning. The arrest followed a routine […]

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Six Years Direct Imprisonment For A Drug Trafficker

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:13:30 +0000

A Tanzanian national Karim Mussa Kondo, 27, has been sentenced to six years direct imprisonment by the Kempton Park Magistrates Court for drug dealing and bribery last Thursday. Kondo was arrested early this year after landing at the OR Tambo International Airport from Dar es Salaam. A routine search of his luggage by the Hawks […]

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Three Suspects Arrested for Drug Trafficking

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 06:53:36 +0000

A sting operation by members of the HAWKS, Crime Intelligence and K9 has led to the arrest of three suspects in Uitenhage. Early Tuesday morning, the joint team intercepted a Nissan bakkie in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, loaded with approximately 15200 mandrax tablets, with street value of approximately R760 000.00 . The drugs were found hidden […]

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Airport cops arrest second drug swallower in a week

admin — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 13:05:26 +0000

Pretoria: 10 June 2016- Continuous attempts by drug mules and dealers at using the OR Tambo International Airport as a transit hub to deliver drugs else where in the country and beyond continue to suffer tremendously due to the heightened level of alertness by the police based there. In the latest incident a 24 year […]

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No bail for R52 million drug man

admin — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:08:56 +0000

Pretoria – Ibraimo Candeiro, a 42-year-old Mozambican national who was arrested on Sunday night has been denied bail by the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court yesterday (Tuesday). Candeiro was driving his vehicle when he was stopped at Chrissiesmeer, Mpumalanga and upon searching the vehicle the Hawks members, who were working in conjunction with Crime Intelligence, found heroine […]

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Airport cops arrest another foreign national for dealing in Khat

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:00:52 +0000

Pretoria : 4 March 2016 – The ongoing efforts by the South African Police Service aimed at ensuring that the OR Tambo International Airport is not being used as a transit channel for drug smuggling continues to pay off, the latest being the arrest of a 45 year old Norwegian national for possession of Khat. […]

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Senior police office and four suspected drug dealers arrested for drug trafficking

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:53:30 +0000

Pretoria : A joint intelligence-driven operation between the South African Police Service (SAPS) crime fighting units, including the Hawks made a breakthrough today in its efforts to curb drug dealing, when five people, including a senior police officer suspected of being part of a drug trafficking syndicate operating in and around the Johannesburg area were arrested. The 51-year-old colonel was arrested just after he reported for duty at Sophiatown Police Station this morning. The […]

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