Security staff at OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday found three additional bricks of cocaine believed to be linked to Friday’s arrest of a woman discovered with the drug concealed in her underwear.
After detaining the suspect with the cocaine concealment on Friday‚ security staff searched her three travelling companions and offloaded their checked-in luggage for further scrutiny. No drugs were found and the three were allowed to board their flight. Airport spokesperson Leigh Gunkel-Keuler said.
However‚ security staff remained suspicious and expanded their search on Saturday morning. A cleaner then called security staff to a women‘s bathroom close to the security checkpoint after finding suspicious packages at the bottom of a sanitary bin.
The packages were wrapped in the same material as the 1.04kg of cocaine found on Friday.
“It was established that the packages contained 1.34kg of cocaine which was handed to the investigating officer of the SAPS. Investigations are continuing.”
Bongiwe Pityi‚ General Manager of OR Tambo International Airport‚ congratulated the security staff and the cleaning contractors.
Gunkel-Keuler said: “For our staff‚ it always pleasing when simply doing their work in the normal way yields results. We’re also especially pleased to see in this incident a practical demonstration of the training that all staff‚ including cleaning contractors‚ receive.”
Airport staff find cocaine in bathroom bin
After detaining the suspect with the cocaine concealment on Friday‚ security staff searched her three travelling companions and offloaded their checked-in luggage for further scrutiny. No drugs were found and the three were allowed to board their flight. Airport spokesperson Leigh Gunkel-Keuler said.
However‚ security staff remained suspicious and expanded their search on Saturday morning. A cleaner then called security staff to a women‘s bathroom close to the security checkpoint after finding suspicious packages at the bottom of a sanitary bin.
The packages were wrapped in the same material as the 1.04kg of cocaine found on Friday.
“It was established that the packages contained 1.34kg of cocaine which was handed to the investigating officer of the SAPS. Investigations are continuing.”
Bongiwe Pityi‚ General Manager of OR Tambo International Airport‚ congratulated the security staff and the cleaning contractors.
Gunkel-Keuler said: “For our staff‚ it always pleasing when simply doing their work in the normal way yields results. We’re also especially pleased to see in this incident a practical demonstration of the training that all staff‚ including cleaning contractors‚ receive.”
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