Weekly Drug Mule Arrests Continue at OR Tambo International Airport: 14 Arrested in a Month

Law enforcement has ramped up efforts to combat drug trafficking at OR Tambo International Airport, resulting in a surge of arrests.

Over the past month, at least one drug mule has been apprehended each week, with a total of 14 arrests so far.

This week alone, three mules were detained, including two Dutch traffickers caught with 80kg of Khat and a 43-year-old man from Paraguay, who had arrived from São Paulo.

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The Paraguayan mule had swallowed multiple foreign objects, with over 20 suspected cocaine bullets recovered during a medical examination.

 

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