Airport employees arrested with R5.2-m of cocaine in their hand luggage
Three people were arrested over the weekend for dealing in drugs at OR Tambo International Airport in separate incidents.
Two of the suspects, a 37-year-old man and a woman aged 27, are employees at the airport.
Brig Vishu Naidoo, police spokesman, said on Saturday morning at about 11am at the general aviation section of the airport, police at the entrance searched the hand luggage of a man and woman.
They discovered cocaine weighing 18.3kg with an estimated street value of R5.2 million.
- In the meantime management of OR Tambo International Airport said the implementation of the integrated multi-disciplinary tactical security plan announced on July 21 is progressing well and showing some encouraging early results.A number of suspects have been arrested at the airport in the past two weeks in connection with interceptions of shipments of drugs and rhino horn as well as vehicle theft.
“The strategic and operational support from the Ministries of Police, State Security, Transport and Home Affairs, as well as from Ekurhuleni Metro and others, is proving instrumental in driving this results-oriented effort,” said Leigh Gunkel-Keuler, spokesperson for OR Tambo International Airport.
“OR Tambo International Airport commends all the law enforcement agencies concerned and looks forward to sustained success in combating crime in and around the airport,” she said.
