Cocaine worth R2,5m seized at SA airports

About R2,5-million worth of cocaine has been confiscated at Johannesburg and Cape Town’s main airports, police said on Friday.

Spokesperson Captain Dennis Adriao said a shipment of motorcycle parts was searched at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport following a tip-off.

“When we cut open the parts, bags of cocaine with a street value of R1,5-million was found.

The shipment was coming from São Paulo in Brazil and was headed for Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he said.

No arrests had been made.

On Wednesday a 28-year-old Gauteng woman was arrested for being in possession of cocaine worth R1-million at Cape Town International Airport.

Adriao said that she had swallowed 19 condoms filled with cocaine.

“She was acting as a drug mule and was coming from Buenos Aires. This type of smuggling in drugs can be very lethal to the carrier,” he said. - Sapa