National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has commended the collaboration between the South African Police Service (SAPS) Gauteng Counter Narcotics Intelligence unit and the Ethiopian Federal Police after a South African woman suspected to be a drug trafficker was arrested in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
COURTESY: X - @AthlendaMteam from the SAPS Gauteng counter narcotics covert unit flagged a 29-year-old South African woman, through SAPS Interpol, on suspicion that the woman was travelling to Brazil to collect drugs and fly back to South Africa via several countries. The woman indeed travelled to Brazil from OR Tambo International Airport during the first week of October.
According to the drug trafficker’s itinerary, she was
supposed to travel from Brazil, via Addis Ababa and via Sudan, and back to
South Africa. SAPS intelligence immediately notified the Ethiopian Federal
Police about her movements.
“On arrival in Addis Ababa on Saturday, she was flagged and
her luggage was checked, which confirmed that she was carrying 13kg of cocaine.
She was immediately apprehended and is expected to be charged and appear in
court in Ethiopia,” said a statement from the police.
“The cooperation between SAPS and the Ethiopian Federal
Police must be commended. When African police organisations unite, more can and
will be achieved by working together. We are stamping the authority of the
State on a larger scale and sending out a clearer message that the long arm of
the law will find you, no matter which route you utilise to try to traffic
drugs into SA.’’
“We are intensifying our fight against transnational
organised crime and the trafficking of drugs. SAPS intelligence is relentless
in their pursuit to be one step ahead of criminals. This is commendable,”
Masemola said.
The police said that through Interpol SA, SAPS Gauteng
Counter Narcotics Covert Intelligence will work closely with the Ethiopian
Federal Police to investigate the masterminds behind the consignment.
Done By: Bush Radio News
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