Brazilian drug trafficker releasing bullets of cocaine after arrest at OR Tambo airport

The South African Police Services (Saps) on Wednesday said a drug trafficker from Brazil is in the process of excreting cocaine bullets.

This comes after the drug trafficker was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday.

Arrest at OR Tambo International Airport

Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said Saps “Safer Festive Season operations are in full swing across the country and criminals in every corner are feeling the heat.”

“Saps crime intelligence was following up on information when the 21-year-old man was intercepted after landing from Brazil just after 12.20pm.

“The drug mule was taken to a local hospital where a medical x-ray confirmed the presence of foreign objects in his stomach. The process to release these foreign objects has started and the Saps can confirm that plastic-covered cocaine ‘bullets’ are being released by the suspect,” Mathe said.