Two huge cocaine hauls at Johannesburg International

Cocaine with an estimated street value of 60-million rands has been seized in two separate operations at Johannesburg International Airport. The Revenue Service’s Adrian Lackay said that customs officials had received a tip-off and found some of the cocaine in the wooden handles of handbags. Another consignment was found in metal containers that had been declared as spare parts. The drugs were on SAA cargo flights from Sao Paulo in Brazil. Police have arrested a Nigerian national at his home in Randpark Ridge in Randburg.