SOUTH African Revenue Service Customs officials discovered wedding cards en-route to Australia concealing 3.5kg of heroin with a street value of over R1-million on Monday, July 4.
The parcel containing the cards was profiled by the dog detector unit during a routine inspection at an international courier company at OR Tambo International Airport. The weight of the A4 sized cards were extremely inconsistent with that of a normal card and upon examination, were found to have false compartments containing a powdery substance.
The substance tested positive for heroin. The exact value of the consignment is R1 050 000.
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In a separate incident, also at OR Tambo International, a female South African passenger on an inbound flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was stopped and found to be carrying 4.2kg of cocaine valued at R1.2-million. The bust took place after an examination of the passenger’s backpack revealed a false compartment containing a white powder testing positive for cocaine.
Both cases and confiscations were handed to the South African Police Service (SAPS) for further investigation.
