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The five awaiting-trial prisoners escaped from the Witpoort police holding cells on Monday.Image: SUHAIB SALEM
DRUG

Alleged drug mule nabbed at OR Tambo airport with R600,000 drugs

A 35-year-old woman will appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday after allegedly being bust with drugs with an estimated value of R600,000 at OR Tambo International Airport. The woman was arrested on Thursday after being…

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The stuffed toy snake which OR Tambo International Airport security refused to allow on board on Saturday morning.Image: Twitter/@Nicole_Fritz
BOY

OR Tambo airport defends barring boy’s toy snake from flight

Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport has defended stopping a five-year-old boy from boarding a flight with a stuffed toy snake as his hand luggage. Airport spokesperson Leigh Gunkel-Keuler said security personnel did what they…

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