GAUTENG / 8 FEBRUARY 2020, 3:24PM / STAFF REPORTER Johannesburg – Three alleged drug mules – among them two men and a woman – were arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Saturday. Police said the three were nabbed after a joint operation between members from the SAPS, SARS, ACSA and ORTIA security. The teams had…
07:21 31/01/2020 Azarrah Karrim Nearly 20% of people arrested in Hong Kong in 2018 and 2019 for possession of drugs, smuggled the substance via OR Tambo International Airport, according to Hong Kong prison chaplain John Wotherspoon. He said South Africa’s ability to stop drug smugglers was not up to scratch. Wotherspoon visited South Africa on…
NEWS / 31 JANUARY 2020, 06:35AM / FRANCESCA VILLETTE Cape Town – The Airports Company of SA (Acsa) has slammed chaplain John Wotherspoon’s suggestion that there has been a rise in drug trafficking cases via OR Tambo International Airport. Acsa spokesperson Betty Maloka said yesterday that the claim caused reputational damage for the airport and South Africa. “The relevant…
30 January 2020 1:50 PM Reports are suggesting that airports around the world are seeing an unprecedented rise in drug trafficking cases via OR Tambo Airport. It is alleged that officials in Hong Kong prisons say that 20% of drug mules were arrested at the Hong Kong Airport between 2018/19. RELATED: 46 women rescued in Joburg…
30 January 2020 2:00 PMby Qama QukulaTags:Hong KongOR Tambo Interntional AirportDrug traffickingDrug tradeDrug muleOR TamboairportJohn WotherspoonShare This:Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport has become a popular hub for trafficking drugs and other illicit commodities. A Hong Kong prison chaplain is lobbying for authorities around the world to take more action in the fight against drug trafficking. Father…
By ERNEST MABUZA – 29 January 2020 SAPS officers conducting a search between two baggage conveyor belts at OR Tambo International Airport during the festive season. A Hong Kong prison chaplain says several international airports are seeing an unprecedented rise in drug trafficking cases where product was moved from OR Tambo.Image: OR Tambo International Airport Several international airports have…
Blessings Tafadzwa Marufu, a Zimbabwean presented as the one who recruited the four Zimbabwean smugglers arrested in Mauritius last October, was assassinated in China, according to Zimbabwean newspapers. Beyond the truth or not of the news, these regular recruitments of nationals of Zimbabwe to supply the Mauritian market remind those of South Africans between 2000…
Glory Matipile, the General Secretary and founder of Baagi Ba South Africa in Mohlakeng, was a guest on Expressions, an SABC show, on 9 April.April 12, 2019 Glory Matipile, the General Secretary and founder of Baagi Ba South Africa. A representative of a local non-profit organisation that is taking a stand against human trafficking recently…
19 October 2018 5:32 PM A delegation from the International Relations Department is scheduled to visit a South African woman in Mauritius accused of drug trafficking, on Friday. The woman was arrested in her hotel room last month after she was found with pellets of heroin in her luggage. Director at advocacy group Locked Up…
NEWS / 2 OCTOBER 2019, 12:41PM / BOTHO MOLOSANKWE Johannesburg – Two South African Airways (SAA) flight attendants have been arrested in Hong Kong after they were found with drugs believed to have a street value of about R45-million. One of them is believed to be part of the Presidential Crew who flew with President Cyril Ramaphosa to Geneva…