SEE: Mzansi drug smuggler tapes drugs to boy's body
In the midst of the madness, this smuggler was caught in action
Attempted drug smuggling happens on the daily and this is why law enforcement such as SAPS (South African Police Service) is instrumental when it comes to ensuring the safety of us as citizens.
We were in awe when we saw these pictures shared via SAPS demonstrating how this 27 year old male tried to smuggle dagga across the border from Eswatini to South Africa.
See how he taped the drugs to his waist below:
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Dagga is a colloquial term used in South Africa to describe cannabis, a drug that is used for recreational and medicinal purposes.
The drug trade in South Africa - and globally - is a huge trade that's under the radar and smugglers have been finding new, inventive measures to get drugs into the country.
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Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala, said the 27-year-old was intercepted on Monday:
As part of the Easter Weekend Operations, at around 12.10pm police were busy with their routine duties including patrolling the border between South Africa and the Kingdom of Eswatini when they spotted a suspicious man who used an illegal crossing near Jeppes Reef to enter into South Africa.
“He was reportedly stopped and after searching him, police noticed that he wrapped himself with dagga around his body weighing at about 1.9kg. He was then arrested and charged for possession of dagga and he is expected to appear before the Nkomazi Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 19 April 2022 facing the said charges. " Brigadier said to iOL.
Authorities have expressed a concern for the rise in the drug trade and have warned against it.
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Image courtesy of: SAPS/iOL