The cocaine was covered with chocolate wrappers. Image: SAPS.
Man flying from Dubai tried to bring R2.4m in ‘coke’ to Cape Town
The Cape Town Narcotics Unit received a tip-off and searched passengers as they disembarked from the flight. The cocaine was covered with chocolate sweet wrappers.
The cocaine was covered with chocolate wrappers. Image: SAPS.
The Western Cape police’s Organised Crime Narcotics unit confiscated cocaine worth millions of rand on Tuesday, 4 October, after it received a tip-off about a passenger trafficking drugs through Cape Town International Airport.
COCAINE CONFISCATED FROM MAN
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said Narcotics unit members searched passengers as they disembarked from an international flight from Dubai just before 12:00.
“Amidst the hustle and bustle, they kept their sights focussed and conducted intense searches,” he said.
Eventually, the members found four kilograms of cocaine, covered in chocolate wrappings, hidden in the luggage of a 37-year-old man. The drugs have an estimated street value of R2.4 million.
The man was arrested and detained on a charge of dealing in drugs. Once charged, he is expected to appear before the Bellville Magistrate’s Court.
In an unrelated matter, the Hawks intercepted a cocaine shipment worth R400 million. Ebrahim Kara, 39, Meshack Mzungezi Ngobese, 47, and Elias Radebe, 42, were arrested and charged with drug dealing. The matter is currently before the Athlone Magistrate’s Court.
READ MORE: Hawks make R400m cocaine bust in Cape Town – three arrested [pics]
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