/ 13 February 2001

SAA CREW MEMBER NABBED FOR COKE

SOUTH African police have arrested an SA Airways (SAA) crew member on a flight from Buenos Aires in possession of more than R4m worth of cocaine. Police said customs officials found false compartments in the suitcases of the 26-year-old crew member at Johannesburg International Airport. When they searched the man they also found sachets of white powder strapped to his body. – AFP