Staff Reporter.
The Gauteng Hawks confiscated drugs worth R1.5 million at OR Tambo International Airport this week.
Hawks spokesperson, Philani Nkwalase says the team based in Germiston were summoned to the airport on Wednesday about a suspected drug shipment.
“The police were alerted by a courier company which found 11 bags suspected to be drugs weighing 25 kg each,” says Nkwalase.
The parcel had been shipped from Germany to South Africa. The sender and intended receiver were under a police investigation, he added.
“The suspected drugs wrapped in visible plastic were concealed as spare parts in a brown container.”
Nkwalase says the suspected drugs were taken to the forensic laboratory for analysis.
No arrest has been made and the investigation continues.
Provincial Hawks head Major General Ebrahim Kadwa said the drug seizure had “crippled the operations of the drug syndicate” and praised the courier company for its vigilance and for alerting the authorities.