India nabs ‘SA mule’ with 26kg of drugs

May 19 2013 at 04:14pm

By STAFF REPORTER and SAPA

A woman believed to be South African has been arrested in India after apparently being found with 26kg of drugs on being searched by officials at Mumbai International Airport.

Cocaine – the South Africa connection

South Africa has become a major transit-point for the drugs trade, some of which is destined for Britain.

By Martin Plaut [1] Published 12 February 2013 10:37

South Africa has become a major transit-point for the drugs trade, some of which is destined for Britain.

South African police, co-operating with their Brazilian counterparts, are attempting to end a cocaine smuggle operation which has involved container loads of drugs, some of which were destined for the British market. The case underlines the importance of South Africa as a transit-point in the international drugs trade.

Peru's coca cultivation increases again, says UN study.

27 September 2012 Last updated at 01:01 GMT

Peru's coca cultivation increases again, says UN study

Peru's cultivation of coca - the raw ingredient for cocaine - has risen for a sixth consecutive year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said.

COMMENT FROM A NIGERIAN - SA drug mule 'recruited by ex'

omonaija - August 30, 2012 at 13:32

As a Nigerian living in SA ,i am deeply infuriated by the kinds of crimes my fellow citizens are perpetuating in SA.I am one more time appealing to the Hawks and the SAPs to do what the FBI did in the USA to cripple Nigerian drugs syndicate.

SA woman arrested in Indonesia

August 29 2012 at 04:05pm

By SAPA Comment on this story - Johannesburg -

A South African woman has been arrested in Indonesia, the department of international relations said on Wednesday.

R100m drug bust shocks neighbours

July 26 2012 at 07:39am

By BRENDAN ROANE

A couple was arrested at their Bryanston home for possession of drug-manufacturing ingredients.

Shocked neighbours have described the suspects arrested in a R100 million drug bust in northern Joburg homes as “decent” and “polite”.

Families want SA to help prisoners in Mauritius

6 Oct 2012
Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
TANYA WATERWORTH

AN “island of tears”. .

That’s how Cape Town mother Patricia Gerber described the paradise island of Mauritius this week, as she and nine other families were denied permission to visit their loved ones serving sentences in the Beau Bassin Central Prison.

Outrage at Top SA Doctor’s Arrest

Professor Cyril Karabus was charged, convicted and sentenced in the UAE in absentia, for alleged manslaughter ten years ago. He was unaware of the charges, and was recently arrested when in transit from the UK to SA.

Professor Cyril Karabus, the 77 year old world-renowned paediatrician, is being held in detention in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.

OPEN LETTER To THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SA

30 August 2012

The Honourable President Mr. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

SAWUBONA, MOLO, HALLO, HELLO………………………

WE GREET YOU AS FELLOW SOUTH AFRICANS.

This medium of communication has become imperative because of the difficulties we have encountered to have a private conversation with you and bring to your attention the issue of bringing back our sons and daughters who are incarcerated in prisons abroad; but also because of the bureaucracies and protocols involved before an ordinary citizen can have access to your office. We have followed the correct channels to reach out to you but we do not know if our emissaries ever get to you or anyone in Authority. We have yet to receive any meaningful response besides an acknowledgement note.

Here’s yet another reason to use carry-on luggage.

By MITCHEL MADDUX, JAMIE SCHRAM - NEW YORK POST

Last Updated: 10:46 AM, November 21, 2011

Posted: 2:25 AM, November 21, 2011

Scheming coke-traffickers, often aided by rogue airport-baggage handlers, have been increasingly stashing the drug inside the checked luggage of unsuspecting, international fliers to smuggle it past Customs, according to records and sources.

Report fingers ‘dirty’ cops

July 25 2012 at 07:43am

By Zara Nicholson

A three-year study for a doctoral thesis by a city criminologist has revealed the relationship between corrupt cops and gang members which enables gang warfare – but though the findings have been sent to politicians and heads of police, no action has been taken.