Three people were arrested at Cape Town International Airport with cocaine valued at about R3-million in their stomachs, police said on Friday.
Police took them for X-rays after they stepped off a flight from South America at 9am on Thursday, said Inspector Bernadine Steyn.
A 36-year-old man from Pretoria and a 21-year-old woman from Cape Town were discharged from hospital on Friday morning and were in police custody. The third suspect, a 65-year-old Peruvian citizen, was still in hospital under police guard.
In another incident at the airport, a 25-year-old woman from Boksburg in Johannesburg was arrested for dealing in dagga on Friday about 6am.
She was about to board a flight to Ireland with 20kg of compressed dagga in her luggage.
All those arrested were are expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Monday. — Sapa