Criminology and Psychology

Three people were arrested for smuggling cocaine into Cape Town and OR Tambo international airports, the police's national head offices said on Tuesday. Captain Dennis Adriao said one man, aged 28, was arrested at OR Tambo airport on Saturday with 5.7 kilograms of cocaine in his possession. The cocaine had an estimated value of R5-million. The man had arrived on a flight from Lisbon in Portugal. He was a South African citizen. He had hidden the cocaine in desktop pen holders and small lotion bottles. He appeared before the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of dealing in drugs and drug smuggling. A 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were arrested at Cape Town International Airport on Monday in possession of eight kilograms of cocaine valued at R10-million. The pair had flown in from Buenos Aires in Argentina. Both were Durban residents and South African citizens. The two would appear before the Bellevue Magistrate's Court in Cape Town on charges of dr...