R9 million cocaine bust at OR Tambo

Customs officials and the detector dog unit intercepted 30 kgs of cocaine in a tagless black bag at OR Tambo International airport.

Pretoria - South African Revenue Service Customs officials and the detector dog unit intercepted 30 kilogrames of cocaine valued at R9 million at OR Tambo International on Monday afternoon.

In a statement, SARS said: “The tagless black bag arrived on a flight from Sao Paulo arousing a lot of suspicious activity around it.

“It was immediately detained and found to contain pieces of carbon paper, a green duvet and 30 sealed blocks of white substance testing positive for cocaine.”

The consignment was handed over to the South African Police and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) for further investigation.

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