Two ACSA employees arrested for drug trafficking at OR Tambo
The Hawks have arrested five people, including two Airports Company South Africa employees, for drug trafficking at OR Tambo International Airport.
The five were arrested on Wednesday in relation to a consignment that was recently confiscated in Australia.
Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale says the Hawks received a tipoff regarding employees of various companies at the airport who were facilitating the thoroughfare of drugs coming into and out of the airport.
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"Two suspects employed by ACSA, two suspects from Menzies Aviation, and one from Swissport were arrested as a result," says Mogale.
“The suspects are expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrates Court on Friday on allegations of drug trafficking, contravention of the Civil Aviation Act, and contravention of the Customs and Excise Act.
"This is a first operation of its kind in relation to transnational drug trafficking perpetrated through ORTIA, where a drug seizure made abroad was positively linked to suspects in South Africa for their complicity.”
The suspects are expected to appear in court on Friday.
