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POLICE intends to further detain a woman who was found with 975 grammes of cocaine in her stomach at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport so
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The suspect, Sheila Khumalo, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday.
Khumalo flew into the country from Brazil aboard Ethiopian Airways on Monday and was intercepted by a team of detectives from the CID Drugs and Narcotics Harare, Central Intelligence Organisation operatives and personnel from Zimbabwe Revenue Authority who were acting on a tip-off.
A search of her language led to the discovery of cocaine stashed inside a pair of black socks inside her undergarments weighing 975 grammes worth $7 800 000.
The investigating officer told the court that they had information that Khumalo had ingested 60 sachets with the substance, but had so far has discharged 58 of them.
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ZIMBABWE’S lax security at ports of entry and airports has come under spotlight again after Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya’s ex-aide was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa while attempting to smuggle gold worth over US$780 000.
The suspect, Tashinga Nyasha Masinire (33), was yesterday granted R100 000 bail coupled with stringent reporting conditions by a Kempton Park regional magistrate in Gauteng province.
He was ordered to surrender his passport, not to leave South Africa before the finalisation of the matter and to report at the nearest police station three times a week.
The matter was remanded to July 1, 2021.