More details are trickling in on the Namibian woman who was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport with drugs in her stomach.
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Thirty-year-old Pauline Mbangula was nabbed on Sunday at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg for allegedly smuggling drugs. She had arrived from São Paulo, Brazil.
She was intercepted by a coordinated team from the South African Police Service (SAPS), the South African Revenue Service (SARS), customs, and immigration officials.
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Sunday morning, the team, acting on intelligence, intercepted the woman as she was making her way through immigration. They dragged her to a local hospital, where an X-ray confirmed the presence of foreign objects in her stomach.
The woman had ingested over 60 bullets of suspected cocaine. The exact value of the drugs has not yet been determined.
The Namibian Woman Arrested At OR Tambo With Drugs In Her Stomach
Namibian Woman Arrested At OR Tambo With Drugs In Her Stomach [Image: Namibian Sun]
Shocking details have emerged on the events before Pauline Mbangula’s arrest in South Africa. She is a former club waitress and has one child.
Pauline was in Brazil with her Nigerian lover. He persuaded her to ingest the 68 bullets of cocaine and transport them to South Africa.
She allegedly flew from Luanda, Angola, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, with her Nigerian boyfriend, who said they were going on vacation.
A spokesperson in the South African Police Service spokesperson, Brigadier Mashadi Selepe, told the Namibian Sun:
“Mbangula travelled to Brazil under the pretence of going on vacation with her so-called boyfriend. Upon arrival, he convinced her to ingest drugs, and upon returning to South Africa, she was supposed to meet someone – still unknown to the police -who would walk her through the checkpoints.”
SAPS national spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe added that Pauline Mbangula is still under close check:
“She will be taken to hospital to check if all those bullets are out. She is being closely monitored and has not been detained at the cells because she needs to release all those drugs from her system.”