{"id":49006,"date":"2026-10-26T09:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49006"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:44:46","slug":"sa-police-seize-cocaine-worth-nearly-12m-at-or-tambo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-police-seize-cocaine-worth-nearly-12m-at-or-tambo\/","title":{"rendered":"SA police seize cocaine worth nearly $12m at OR Tambo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The consignment was discovered in luggage from a flight originating in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A multidisciplinary team comprising the SA Police Service, South African Revenue Service and Border Management Authority found five luggage bags containing the cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The drugs were divided into 216 packages concealed inside the suitcases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola commended the authorities involved in the operation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Masemola said the seizure demonstrated the value of cooperation among agencies responsible for policing, customs administration and border control. \u201cThe significant seizure is a testament to the effectiveness of coordinated law-enforcement efforts and the commitment of frontline officers to disrupting drug-trafficking networks that seek to use SA\u2019s ports of entry to move illicit substances,\u201d Masemola said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The operation formed part of continuing efforts to prevent international drug-trafficking networks from using SA\u2019s ports of entry to transport illicit substances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Masemola praised the frontline officers involved in identifying and intercepting the consignment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40099,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-49006","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South Africa's (SA) authorities have seized approximately 250kg of cocaine valued at nearly $12 million at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng.","published_date":"","news_description":"South Africa's (SA) authorities have seized approximately 250kg of cocaine valued at nearly $12 million at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49023,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49006\/revisions\/49023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}