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…
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…
Pretoria: Today, the acting National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks), Major General Mthandazo Ntlemeza, lauded the Hawks in Johannesburg for dismantling a Nigerian drug-smuggling ring. The Hawks team raided the Highrise flats in Berea, Johannesburg yesterday. They did a thorough…