A random search of the Johannesburg International Airport customs warehouse afternoon led to the discovery of a large shipment of Mandrax tablets that had not been collected. The tablets have a street value of R25 million, and weigh 55kg.
Silvian Pillay, the director of customs at the airport, said the shipment of Mandrax tablets was flown into South Africa from Mumbai, India, in December. Marked with a fictitious name and address, the consignment was offloaded at Johannesburg International Airport.
The airline held the unclaimed parcel for 14 days before handing it over to customs, as it was legally obliged to do. "We come across drug shipments fairly regularly, although we usually locate them quickly because we receive tip-offs all the time," said Pillay. "This case was rare. We don't often have the stuff sitting here for six months, neither are the loads this big. This was an unusually large load as far as Mandrax goes."
Source: IoL
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