/ 26 August 2001

‘FREQUENT FLYER’ BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH

A SOUTH African national was jailed for 10 years in Perth on Thursday for importing heroin worth a million dollars ($500_000), which he carried in body packs on a flight from Johannesburg. Zamokuhie Mpumelelo Mkwanazi, a 23-year-old data entry clerk for South African Airways’ (SAA) frequent flyer program, pleaded guilty to concealing almost one kilogram of the drug in three packs strapped to his body. He was arrested at Perth international airport on May 12 after arriving on an SAA flight and being searched by customs, the district court heard Thursday. -AFP