Fourteenth drug mule arrested at OR Tambo Airport in two months
Police in Gauteng have arrested a 43-year-old man from Paraguy when he was caught trying to smuggle drugs into the country via the OR Tambo International (ORTIA) on Sunday.
The man is the fourteenth drug mule to be arrested at the country's main international airport over the past eight weeks.
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", said police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk.
The arrest comes hot on heels of that of two Dutch traffickers who were found with 80kg of Khat.
It is also the third suspect arrested in as many Sundays with so-called drug bullets in their stomachs.
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