A joint operation between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) Customs at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) has led to the arrest of a 21-year-old South African woman for drug trafficking.
This is the eleventh drug mule to be arrested at ORTIA in a period of two months.
The drug mule was profiled and intercepted as she was arriving on a flight from São Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday morning.
She was taken to a local hospital where an X-ray confirmed foreign objects in her stomach. She has already released a number of bullets from her body and is in police custody where police are closely monitoring the release of further drug bullets, the process is unfolding, says a police statement.
The National Commissioner of SAPS, General Fannie Masemola has commended the vigilance of members of SARS and SAPS at the Airport,
