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Five people appear in court for facilitating drug trafficking

Five people including two Airports Company South Africa employees arrested this week for facilitating the trafficking of drugs in and out of O.R Tambo International airport have appeared at the Kempton Park Magistrates court. The accused are alleged to have had a hand in the R500 million drug bust where a large consignment of drugs were recovered in Australia last month. They have been charged with drug trafficking, contravention of […]

18 November 2023

Local

Israeli kingpin, co-accused to appear in court

A suspected Israeli kingpin and seven other suspects are expected to appear at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning. They were arrested at a house in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg last week, 12 firearms were discovered on the scene. They were nabbed in an operation by a multidisciplinary team led by interpol South Africa and others. It’s alleged the 43-year-old Israeli gang leader is connected to a criminal organisation […]

21 November 2022

International

SA woman convicted on drug charges in Thailand has life sentence slashed, was initially handed death penalty

Ashley Oosthuizen was convicted on drug charges in Thailand last year and sentenced to life in prison. The Koh Samui appeal court heard the 23-year-old's case and reduced her sentence to 33 years. Oosthuizen was teaching English in the country before she started working at a restaurant that her boyfriend owned. He was an alleged drug dealer, leading to Oosthuizen's arrest when police raided the restaurant. She was arrested after […]

21 August 2022

drug trafficking

Five people appear in court for facilitating drug trafficking

Israeli kingpin, co-accused to appear in court

SA woman convicted on drug charges in Thailand has life sentence slashed, was initially handed death penalty

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