Police have seized over R13 million worth of drugs, including R12 million worth of cocaine, and arrested nine drug traffickers at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in the past two months.
Last night police arrested a Nigerian drug mule who had just landed at the airport from Sao Paulo.
In a statement, the police say the drug mule had just landed from São Paulo and was connecting to Nigeria when he met with a cleaner at the airport and handed the cleaner some airline headphones.
Suspecting there was something amiss, a multidisciplinary team - comprising the police, airport security, the Border Management Authority (BMA) and Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) staff - confiscated the headphones and found cocaine stuffed in them.
The drug mule claimed he was a street vendor in Nigeria and had gone to Brazil to buy clothes and shoes which he sells in his home country.
