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The Madlanga commission has heard how police intercepted a tonne of cocaine shipped from Brazil to Johannesburg in July 2021

Warrant officer Phakula accuses Feroz Khan of orchestrating arrest to derail cocaine bust

Phakula says Khan orchestrated the arrest of four police officials at the scene to shift attention away from the investigation and let the ‘real perpetrators’ walk free

(Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

Africa’s busiest airport has a drug problem

A Kenyan citizen was facing execution in Vietnam. Her ordeal began with lax security at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport

German state sells off €100mn seized crypto stash

The seized assets were sold off this month through a partnership with local bank Scheich, with the proceeds flowing into the accounts of the regional government of Hesse.

A picture taken from a vehicle and through a window shows a group of migrant men, mainly from Niger and Nigeria, sitting in the back of a pick up, on January 15, 2019 during a journey across the Air dessert, northern Niger, towards the Libyan border post of Gatrone. (SOULEMAINE AG ANARA / AFP)

Don’t disrupt Niger’s balancing act

Europe must tread carefully or risk fuelling militancy and migration

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, considered the world’s largest drug trafficker since the death of Pablo Escobar, is on trial in a federal court in Brooklyn under draconian security arrangements. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

Witness says El Chapo tried to kill him four times

Miguel Angel ‘El Gordo’ Martinez worked for Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman in the Sinaloa cartel as a drugs big-wig in Mexico City

Newspapers have been, and still are, battling to find ways to survive. Sales have dropped and revenue from adverts has dwindled and they have not yet found a way to make enough money by publishing online. (Paul Botes/M&G)

6 police officers assaulted, gunshots fired during Vanderbijlpark raid

Police are investigating a case of murder, attempted murder and assault after raiding a suspected drug den.

On the road with heroin smugglers

After meeting a Tanzanian stowaway, Sean Christie gets caught up in a hair-raising heroin run from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town.

Kurdish women carry a banner that reads ‘Iran should end executions’ as they protest against the Iranian regime outside the Iran embassy in Ankara

Iran hangs 10 drug traffickers

Iran has executed 10 drug traffickers in a prison in Tehran, says a statement on the website of the prosecutor’s office.

Sheryl Cwele’s partner in crime

Sheryl’s partner in crime to appeal against drug conviction

Sheryl Cwele’s partner in crime, Frank Nabolisa, has filed papers in the ConCourt, requesting leave to appeal against his conviction for drug dealing.

Sheryl Cwele’s appeal turned sour based on correspondence between her and drug mule Tessa Beetge.

Emails sealed Sheryl Cwele’s fate

Correspondence shows that Sheryl Cwele clearly knew about the plans to bring drugs into South Africa, writes Glynnis Underhill.

DeMarie Swanepoel

Sheryl Cwele’s appeal gives mule new hope

The mother of drug mule Tessa Beetge hopes the court will uphold Sheryl Cwele’s conviction so her daughter might be freed from a Brazil jail sooner.

‘I’d do it over and over again’

‘I’d do it over and over again’

Tessa Beetge.s mother now wants her daughter’s sentence reduced following the conviction of Sheryl Cwele.

Cwele guilty of drug dealing

Cwele guilty of drug dealing

Sheryl Cwele, the wife of state security minister Siyabonga Cwele, sat stony faced in the dock as Judge Piet Koen convicted her of dealing in cocaine.

Court finds Sheryl Cwele not guilty on two charges

Cwele found guilty in drug-trafficking case

Sheryl Cwele was on Thursday found guilty on a charge of dealing in drugs, or conspiring to do so, in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Court finds Sheryl Cwele not guilty on two charges

Court finds Sheryl Cwele not guilty on two charges

Sheryl Cwele was on Thursday found not guilty on two of the charges she faced related to drug trafficking.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday ruled against the state’s application to have its drug-trafficking case against Sheryl Cwele reopened.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Judgement day for Sheryl Cwele

The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to deliver judgement in the drug trafficking case involving the wife of the state security minister.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Cwele drug-trafficking judgement due on May 4

Drug-trafficking accused Sheryl Cwele and her Nigerian co-accused Frank Nabolisa will know their fate on May 4.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Court rejects Sheryl Cwele’s acquittal bid

An application for drug-trafficking charges to be withdrawn against Sheryl Cwele was rejected by the high court sitting in Ramsgate on Wednesday.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Sheryl Cwele bids for acquittal on drugs charges

Sheryl Cwele should be acquitted of drug-trafficking charges because there is nothing linking her to the crime, a court heard on Wednesday.