SAA crew member arrested in Brazil

Shibal

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Rot in jail you SAA dirtbag.

Like their owners (ANC) the SAA is rotten to the core.


SAA crew member arrested in Brazil

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SAA-crew-member-arrested-in-Brazil-20110215

Another South African Airways (SAA) cabin crew member has been caught with several kilograms of drugs at a foreign airport.

The air steward was apprehended at São Paolo airport in Brazil shortly before she was to return to South Africa as a member of the flight crew late last week.

The woman has been working for SAA for 12 years. She apparently had 5kg of cocaine hidden on her body when she was apprehended. It was not clear how officials knew she had the drugs on her.

SAA did not comment on the incident upon enquiry on Monday. The international relations and co-operation department did however confirm the woman's arrest.

She is currently being held in São Paolo and the department will supply the necessary consular support to her if she requests it, the department's spokesperson said.

Fourth incident


It was reliably learned that the woman is a 44-year-old Johannesburg resident, who is the single breadwinner of an unknown number of children as well as her mother.

According to her colleagues, her arrest has not been spoken about at the airline. Should she be found guilty, she will probably get several years imprisonment in a Brazilian jail, as drug smuggling is regarded as a serious crime there.

It is the fourth time that SAA cabin crew members have been involved in drug smuggling in the past two years.

In September last year, Tshidi Dlamini, 42, from Cape Town was jailed for seven years in London after she was caught with 3kg of cocaine at Heathrow airport.

The value of the drugs, which were hidden in her underwear, was R1.5m.

In 2009, the crew of two SAA flights were questioned within one month, also at Heathrow, after dugs were found in their luggage. In one incident, a cabin crew member and a security official were charged in South Africa in connection with the matter.

The woman had 50kg dagga and 4kg cocaine worth R3.5m in her suitcase.

In the other incident, 50kg dagga was found in crew members' luggage. No-one was charged in connection with this.
 

Ockie

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OMG.....it is a wonder SAA is actually still allowed to land at international airports. I would not be surprized if some countries start revoking our flag carriers landing rights at their airports! It is a freakking joke! If she is guilty...then let her sit in their jail! She has shamed our airline (however hated they may be by us) and our flag!
 

blunomore

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A certain national carrier is fast developing a very bad reputation as having drug mules for employees.
 

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Some must be getting away with it if they are still trying. That makes sense.
 

Pavan

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Anyone have any idea what an air steward gets paid? This lady is over 40 years old so she should be pretty senior and earning quite well right?
 

FoRmFacTor

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Well, she is a single parent and looking after her mother.

I am not condoning it but people do desperate things for their loved ones.
 
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So her surname is Nyoba, it literally means: "to screw". How do you get such a name?? :D
 

3G4me

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Well, she is a single parent and looking after her mother.

I am not condoning it but people do desperate things for their loved ones.

She is not the only one in that situation, it does not excuse turning to crime. How would she feel if one of her kids became addicted to the drugs she helped import? No excuse whatsoever! As a mother she should know better. Quick and easy money with no morals is my guess...
 

FoRmFacTor

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I never said she was the only one in the situation.

Just stating that you cant base her motives on an article, thats all.
 

Grep

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After watching Banged up abroad on telly, I wish her the best of luck. Good grief she is gonna need it!
 

milomak

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it would be interesting to see where in the world league table we are. is 4 in 2 years a lot relative to other airlines?
 

noxibox

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Rot in jail you SAA dirtbag.
It's only cocaine for goodness sake.

imprisonment in a Brazilian jail, as drug smuggling is regarded as a serious crime there
Which is a bit of a joke considering drugs are regularly smuggled from there and are readily available within the country.
 
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