Three Alleged Drug Mules Caught at OR Tambo Airport in Just Five Days

South Africa: Drug Traffickers Arrested At OR Tambo International Airport

[SAnews.gov.za] Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) have arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian national upon arrival at OR Tambo International Airport from São Paulo, en route to Nigeria.

Police clamping down on drug mules at OR Tambo

Last night, the South African Police Service reported that three alleged drug mules were arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in one week. Two of the arrests took place on 10 June 2025. In the first arrest, SAPS intercepted a 30-year-old Brazilian national who had landed from São Paulo. She confessed that she had ingested more than 100 cocaine-filled bullets. “Later the same day, police intercepted a 57-year-old Ethiopian national at the …

Three alleged drug mules caught at OR Tambo Airport in just five days

Three drug traffickers arrested in one week at OR Tambo Airport

Gauteng police have arrested three more suspects for drug trafficking at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg in just one week.

Three drug traffickers arrested at OR Tambo International airport

Members of the SAPS arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian national upon arrival at OR Tambo International Airport from São Paulo.

Three Alleged Drug Traffickers Arrested in One Week

Three alleged drug traffickers have been arrested in a week at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. In a major breakthrough for South African law enforcement, the three alleged drug traffickers were nabbed in separate incidents within a single week at the airport.   Three Drug Traffickers Arrested in One Week at OR Tambo International Airport   According to SAPS spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk, the arrests are the resul…