Yesterday, December 3, yet another drug mule was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport following his arrival in South Africa on a flight from São Paulo.

SAPS crime intelligence was following up on information when the 21-year-old man was intercepted after landing just after 12:20.

The drug mule was taken to a local hospital where a medical x-ray confirmed the presence of foreign objects in his stomach.

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The process to release these foreign objects was started and the SAPS confirmed that plastic-covered cocaine ‘bullets’ were being released by the suspect.

The suspect will appear before the Kempton Park Magistrates Court on a charge of drug possession and trafficking before the end of this week.

On November 28 a 44-year-old Brazilian woman was arrested and found with R1.9m worth of cocaine strapped to her body.

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On November 24 a 25-year-old man from Brazil was also arrested at OR Tambo International Airport with R1.8m worth of cocaine strapped to his body.