LOCKED UP in a foreign country
A South African perspective
LOCKED UP in a foreign country is intended to WAKE UP and SHAKE UP the harsh reality of drug trafficking.
This is not another "don't do drugs" website. Rather, it is intended to give you a glimpse into the darker side of the drug business.
If you have never used or never thought about dealing drugs, some of your closest friends probably have. Drug Mules are recruited in nightclubs, at parties, pubs, on the rugby field, in the gym, university, the workplace. In fact, every social gathering has potential.
Not every drug user becomes an addict however, using some drugs can lead to addiction. Addiction can lead to becoming a mule.
For the addict who has lost everything, accumulated debts and finds themselves in a dire financial position, the offer of cash-for-a-run is a very attractive one. The going rate is between R20,000 and R35,000.
OUR MISSION:
- To educate people!!
- To put as much pressure as it takes on the SA Government to SIGN onto the existing worldwide multi-lateral Prisoner Transfer Agreement and extradite it's people!!
Jailed Toti drug mule comes home
Jailed Toti drug mule comes home
12 January 2012 | Jenny Bipat - South Coast SUN
A 51-YEAR-OLD Toti woman who spent nearly three years in a Peruvian jail for drug trafficking is back home with her family. "I want to find work and get my life back together. I am not going anywhere with anybody, down the coast, yes, but not on a plane," she said.
The woman does not wish to be named, as she fears being victimised, as she wants a fresh start.
"From Lima, Peru I flew to Sao Paulo and when I got on the plane to Johannesburg on December 30, 2011 it was with a great sense of relief, knowing I was at last coming back home," she said.Local executed in China
Hundreds of South Africans are in foreign jails for drug trafficking. Why is our government not bringing them home?
South African Janice Bronwyn Linden was found guilty of smuggling three kilogrammes of crystal meth into China in 2009 and was executed by lethal injection this morning.
Her death has everyone talking: why was she not brought back to South Africa? Does our constitution not allow for the extradition of South Africans in international prisons?
Although the Department of International Relations says President Zuma did everything possible to prevent her execution, questions remain.
Last year, our Health Editor Elizabeth Atmore investigated the issue. This is an excerpt from her Trading With Their Lives report; it can be found in the July 2010 issue of FAIRLADY:
Drug mule’s hell
Janice Linden s family is in turmoil after their desperate efforts to save her from being executed in China failed.
Nolubabalo Nobanda, 23, left, was found with drugs in her fake dreadlocks.
Duped into taking a job overseas, forced to swallow over a kilogram of drugs on four different continents, not getting paid and deprived of food for not obeying orders. This is the picture painted by a South African drug mule currently in hiding with two others after escaping from Istanbul in Turkey, where she made a U-turn to SA instead of Bangladesh where she was supposed to collect drugs.
Janice’s sisters tell of last visit
“You must come and see me soon.” These were the tearful words of Janice Linden to her two sisters, Nomalizwi Mhlophe and Priscilla Mthalane, during a 45-minute visit at Guandong prison in China, the day before she was executed by lethal injection. She was not aware that she was going to die and one of the conditions of the visit was that her sisters from Durban were not allowed to tell her. Linden, 36, was arrested three years ago at the Baiyun International Airport after 3kg of tik (methamphetamine) was found in her luggage.