Police arrest 14th drug mule at OR Tambo International Airport in a few weeks

6 October 2024

Every week in the last month, SAPS has arrested at least one drug mule at OR Tambo International Airport. This week alone, police arrested three drug mules including two Dutch traffickers who were found with 80kg of Khat. Today’s arrest is the 14th drug mule to be arrested in recent weeks.

In today’s arrest, SAPS in collaboration with officials from SARS arrested a 43-year-old drug mule from Paraguay.

The drug mule had landed from São Paulo when he was arrested by police officials at the airport.

A medical examination confirmed that he had swallowed multiple foreign objects and has so far released more than 20 bullets suspected to contain cocaine.

This brings the total number of drug mules arrested at this airport in the last couple of weeks to fourteen.

Issued by Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk, 6 October 2024