SOUTH African police have recovered more than a quarter million dollars’ worth of anti-cancer drugs that were allegedly stolen at the Johannesburg international airport. Police representative director Henriette Bester said: “Police acting on a tip-off pulled off a car at a roadblock and recovered 36 boxes of medicines worth R3,5-million ($307 500/351 000 euros).” The boxes were labelled Taxol, which is a medicine used for treating cancer, she said. The roadblock was set up early Tuesday between Pretoria, north of Johannesburg and Tembisa, to the east, after the tip-off. Police arrested two men, aged 32 and 42, at the roadblock after they were found in possession of the boxes. Bester said police suspected the drugs had been flown into the country and then stolen from the cargo section. – AFP