A 55-year-old Nigerian has been arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa for drug trafficking after arriving from São Paulo, Brazil.

According to The South African, a local news outlet in South Africa on Wednesday, the suspect was intercepted by police at the airport.

PUNCH Metro learnt that a medical X-ray later revealed that he had swallowed multiple drug bullets filled with cocaine.

Confirming the arrest, the Gauteng police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk, stated, “The suspect, who is still releasing bullets, is expected to appear before the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court this week.”

The report disclosed that law enforcement officials were closely monitoring his condition as they awaited the complete expulsion of the illicit substances.

During a strategic planning session on transnational organised crime in Pretoria, the National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, addressed the growing trend of drug mule arrests at the OR Tambo International Airport.






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