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Tik worth R7.5 million intercepted at OR Tambo airport─── 11:13 Sat, 28 May 2016
Pretoria - South African Revenue Service (SARS) customs officials have intercepted 25kg of crystal methamphetamine (tik) valued at R7.5 million at OR Tambo International Airport, SARS said on Saturday.
The bust was made Friday nightduring an inspection of a flight from Cotonou, Benin, in West Africa, SARS said in a statement.
“All unaccompanied bags were escorted to the SARS customs search area for scanning where 25 plastic bags containing a white substance was found in one of the bags.
“The substance tested positive for crystal methamphetamine, weighing 25.20kg, with a street value of R7 560 000,” SARS said.
– African News Agency (ANA)
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