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DRUG MULES

Hope dwindles for women imprisoned in Thailand for drug trafficking

Govt seems reluctant to agree to allow South Africans sentenced abroad to serve part of their sentences at home. Hazel Friedman reports on two cases.

  • Hazel Friedman
17 min read
Dreadlock drug mule ‘used as a decoy’ in Thailand
DRUG MULE

Dreadlock drug mule ‘used as a decoy’ in Thailand

SA drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda has written to her parents from prison in Thailand, saying she’s been used as a "decoy" by a Brazilian drug syndicate.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Dreadlock drug mule ‘used as a decoy’ in Thailand
DRUG MULES

Drug mule’s mom thought she was headed to Brazil

Drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda told her mother she would be out of the country, but not in Thailand — she said she was headed for Brazil for vacation.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Dreadlock drug mule ‘used as a decoy’ in Thailand
DRUG MULE

Alleged drug mule’s family still in the dark

Alleged drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda called her uncle, Mthetheli Mbewu just after she was caught with drugs at Thailand’s Bangkok Airport on Monday.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read