Brother mistakenly aids dramatic plane arrest

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Pretoria - Mystery surrounds how a Chinese man managed to smuggle diamonds, ivory, abalone and prescription ointment – all worth R6 million – on to a plane bound for Hong Kong.

The 36-year-old man was taken off the flight by Hawks officials as it was ready to leave.

”The flight was slightly delayed and the Hawks arrived just in time to pounce on him,” Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.

The man had a fraudulent passport and when they searched his luggage the Hawks found polished diamonds, ivory, 10kg of wet abalone, a bag of dry abalone and a bag of Lenovate ointment which can only be obtained with a doctor’s prescription.

In a dramatic twist, the man was arrested moments after his 48-year-old brother had been taken in by Pretoria police for attempting to bribe a Home Affairs official. Mulaudzi said the man approached the official and offered him a R3 000 bribe for checking, processing and authorising his brother’s passport.

”The officer alerted the Hawks and an operation was swiftly conducted,” said Mulaudzi.
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More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/brother-mistakenly-aids-dramatic-plane-arrest-2085282
 
[-]How? They want to how? Man alive! I thought this would be the simplest of answers. A corrupt official surely is the obvious logical answer.[/-]

Aw. Heck. Let's just wait for the answer to follow in due course.
 
You the "Hawks" you should know, but instead you preoccupied with fruitless adventures from number1
 
Easy. Just like the idiot who are held in Thailand for having bullets in her wallet.
Just as easy as me flying all over the country with a knife on me.

Maybe the scanner's maintenance was a tender won by a cadre.
 
What happens when foreign nationals get bust like this eventually deported or serve jail time here?
 
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