Police seize drugs worth R2.8m at OR Tambo International Airport

Gauteng Police have seized drugs at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) worth a street value of R2.8 million. Picture: Saps Gauteng police have seized drugs at OR Tambo International Airport with a street value of R2.8 million. Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said officers at OR Tambo International made the drug bust.

“During routine day-to-day operations, police made the first discovery of crystal meth worth R2.2 million at a cargo warehouse on Wednesday, 4 March. The meth was destined for the Philippines from South Africa. “The second drug bust was made at another cargo warehouse where eight large boxes containing dagga worth R672 000 was discovered on Thursday, 5 March.

The dagga was shipped from Morocco and was destined for South Africa,” Mathe said. Mathe added that the drugs have been seized, and investigations are underway to track down the traffickers of the narcotics. Last year,Gauteng police arrested a 25-year-old drug trafficker at OR Tambo airportin possession of cocaine with a street value of R4.2 million.

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The woman was handcuffed on arrival from São Paulo (Brazil), via Doha (Qatar), at Johannesburg’s busiest airport. Mathe said an intelligence operative team comprising Crime Intelligence Counter Narcotics Intel Gauteng, the South African Police Service Tactical Team at OR Tambo International Airport, the Tactical Team, the Border Management Authority and private security successfully identified and intercepted the Brazilian national shortly after landing. “A search of the trafficker’s luggage led police to uncover about 10kg of cocaine with an estimated value of R4.2 million.”

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