Staff Reporter.
World Cup winning Springbok and former Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies has been arrested at OR Tambo International airport on Sunday morning.
News24 quoted police spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe on Sunday, who only confirmed that “a 31-year-old man has been arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) for malicious damage to property.”
“The man was arrested upon arrival at ORTIA this morning at 08:50. The suspect was on an international flight from Dubai to SA when he allegedly damaged property belonging to the airline,” she said.
It is understood that he had been travelling business class from Dubai to Johannesburg at the time of his arrest. He was arrested and escorted off the plane when they landed in Johannesburg.
The publication named Jantjies as the person arrested.
Jantjies has been in South Africa over the past few months recovering from shoulder surgery, after he was injured playing for his club side NTT Red Hurricanes in Japan in January.
He then attended the first Springbok alignment camp in Durban in April, with Bok coach Jacques Nienaber explaining he wanted to keep up to date with the recoveries of certain injured players ahead of the coming season.