A 30-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday at Cape Town International Airport by the Hawks, South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation.
The suspect, an Angolan national, was traveling from Brazil via Dubai. According to Lieutenant Colonel Siyabulela Vukubi, the Hawks received a tip-off about the suspect’s flight and tracked his arrival.
Picture: Pixabay“His arrest follows after the Hawks received information regarding a suspect that boarded a flight from overseas and heading to Cape Town. The information was operationalised and the suspect was spotted. Upon searching his luggage, he was found with cocaine hidden inside the three suitcases.
The Hawks' South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau
(SANEB) in conjunction with the Cape Town Border Police arrested a 30-year-old
foreign national for dealing in drugs at the Cape Town International Airport,”
Vukubi said.
When they searched his luggage, they discovered cocaine
hidden inside three suitcases. The man was arrested for drug trafficking, and
the value of the cocaine is yet to be determined. He is scheduled to appear in
Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
In a separate case, police in KwaZulu-Natal seized cocaine
worth around R80 million on December 2. The drugs were found in a container at
Durban Harbour, which had arrived from Brazil.
Colonel Robert Netshiunda stated that the cocaine was still
in its pure form and disguised as kidney beans. The shipment had been tracked
since it left Brazil in early November and was only uncovered after the
container arrived in Durban on November 30.
It was meant to be sent to Johannesburg, but no arrests
have been made yet.
Done by: Stephanie Van Rayen
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