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An earlier statement by the South African Police Services indicated that six people from India were arrested.
“In the past two weeks, the team’s collaboration has led to the arrest of six people and the confiscation of unregistered medicine worth a market value of R6 million.
“The unregistered medicine which are [sic] mainly in a tablet form are [sic] believed to have been imported for sale purposes and would have been utilized in the treatment of the Covid-19 virus.
“In all incidents, the six people which include two women and four men who are of Indian descent, had just entered into the country from India,” said spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe.
SAPS
Five of the six suspects who were nabbed with R6 million worth of unregistered medicine appeared before the Kempton Park Magistrate s Court on Monday.
Five are in custody, while one is out on bail.
The case continues in court on Wednesday and Thursday.
Five suspects who were nabbed at OR Tambo International airport - in separate incidents - after they were found with R6 million worth of unregistered medicine appeared before the Kempton Magistrate s Court on Monday.
The matter was postponed to Wednesday and Thursday for the outcome of the National Prosecuting Authority s (NPA) decision.
This comes after South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs and Excise officials apprehended foreign nationals entering South Africa with R6 million worth of tablets suspected to be Ivermectin.