Saa Flight Attendant Arrested For Drug Possession In Australia

[Adrianax]

http://ewn.co.za/2017/09/02/confirmed-saa-flight-attendant-arrested-in-australia

South African Airways has confirmed one of its flight attendants has been arrested in Australia.

JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) has confirmed one of its flight attendants has been arrested in Australia, after she was allegedly caught with six kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in her luggage.

It’s understood that the 32-year-old was intercepted by Australian border officers at the Perth Airport this week.

The national carrier’s Tladi Tladi says SAA will allow the law to take its course.

“SAA would like to respect the legal system of that country and allow the law to take its course, before we comment further on this.”

The latest arrest comes just a week after a female South African police officer was handcuffed in Brazil for drug possession.

 

[satanboy]

SHOUTING!!

 

[genetic]

CAPS LOCK!!!!! ARGHHHH THE FURRY!!!!

 

[ForceFate]

http://ewn.co.za/2017/09/02/confirmed-saa-flight-attendant-arrested-in-australia



Won't be surprised if this is a major global drug traffic business run by the ANC Government. This may well be the reason they so much want to hang onto the SAA. It is time the world wakes up and start looking at all those SAA flights coming into their countries. Even if passengers and crew has to wait 24 hours to pass through into their countries.

You just had to squeeze the ANC in there by all means possible

 

[satanboy]

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Won't be surprised if this is a major global drug traffic business run by the ANC Government....

and the moon is made of cheese

if you are not spreading hatred and violence you are making up BS

 

[JayM]

Won't be surprised if this is a major global drug traffic business run by the ANC Government. This may well be the reason they so much want to hang onto the SAA. It is time the world wakes up and start looking at all those SAA flights coming into their countries. Even if passengers and crew has to wait 24 hours to pass through into their countries.

lol...this is right up there with rza's posts.

 

[crackersa]

lol...this is right up there with rza's posts.

agree. wait 24 hours??? bawahahahaha

 

[Dave]

CAPS LOCK!!!!! ARGHHHH THE FURRY!!!!

What type of furry are you?

 

[Oppiekoffie]

and the moon is made of cheese

if you are not spreading hatred and violence you are making up BS

You want to remind us who Glen Agliotti was involved with...

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

http://ewn.co.za/2017/09/02/confirmed-saa-flight-attendant-arrested-in-australia



Won't be surprised if this is a major global drug traffic business run by the ANC Government. This may well be the reason they so much want to hang onto the SAA. It is time the world wakes up and start looking at all those SAA flights coming into their countries. Even if passengers and crew has to wait 24 hours to pass through into their countries.

Well, what was the name of that top intelligence man whose wife got exposed by Brasil regarding drug trafficking? In South Africa drugs are big business. No one is surprised to hear that the ANC is involved.

 

[bokdrol]

We all know some crew do some smuggling. Been happening for years.

 

[Hemi300c]

The wool over anc supporters eyes us very thick, just like behind the wool.

 

[TysonRoux]

We all know some crew do some smuggling. Been happening for years.

Yes, SOME crew.

I recall the cockpit crew were getting highly peed being arrested together with the scumbag cabin crew when drugs are found.

 

[TysonRoux]

SAA embroiled in drug mule scandal

South Africa / 29 April 2006, 09:57am /

South African Airways is battling to control a growing drug-smuggling epidemic among its own staff - with three stewards arrested on charges of cocaine and dagga smuggling in the past seven months.

The airline though is adamant that the problem is not isolated to SAA, but an international problem.

"The airline condemns the trade and most especially the use of SAA's air services for this criminal purpose," SAA head of corporate communications Jacqui O'Sullivan said yesterday.

In the latest drug-related incident involving the airline's staff, stewardess Lindiwe Harriet Luthuli, 40, pleaded guilty to smuggling 5kg of cocaine and 10kg of herbal cannabis - valued at about £325 000 (more than R3,5-million) - into the United Kingdom. She is expected to be sentenced in Isleworth Crown Court on May 25.

Heathrow Airport customs stopped Luthuli, believed to be a mother of two, in the airport's Crew Clearance Facility in the early hours of April 10, after she had arrived on SAA flight 234 from Johannesburg.

Officers discovered a package containing cannabis in her baggage.

A search of the crew bus found cocaine in two "gift" bags abandoned where Luthuli had been seated.

It is understood that the entire 16-strong crew of flight SA 234 (13 cabin staff and three pilots) were arrested after the drugs were discovered and spent some five hours in police custody, during which the entire crew's fingerprints were taken until Luthuli's were matched.

SAA corporate communications officer Sarah Uys last week confirmed that another SAA female crew member had been arrested at Heathrow in January on suspicion of importing cocaine to London, and had been fired after pleading guilty. SAA later denied that the woman had, in fact, been charged.

An investigation has also revealed that, in addition to Luthuli, at least seven other SAA employees, including a pilot, had been arrested in countries such as Brazil, Australia and the United Kingdom since 2000.

 

[TysonRoux]

Fifteen airline crew members arrested in drugs bust

20 Jan 2009

HM Revenue and Customs said that a total of 50 kilos (110lb) of the drug were found on a flight which came in from Johannesburg.

The drugs were discovered in three pieces of baggage, a spokesman said, from a flight which had arrived at 8am. Those held were both flight crew and cabin crew.

SAA Staff Busts

When you're running a big enough company, there's going to be a small percentage of bad apples. In the case of the airline industry they manifest most publicly in the form of baggage theft, but also in the transport of illicit goods (well, at least when there's a bust). How's how the The opportunities presented to cabin crew are often too tempting to resist. Here's a history of drug busts and illegal activities which SAA staff have been involved in:

8 Mar 2013.
A 23-year-old SAA flight attendant is arrested at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport for allegedly taking 2kg of cocaine into South Africa, from Sao Paulo. "She had wrapped the drugs on the upper part of her body, under her clothes. We hope this arrest will break the chain in the trafficking of drugs between South Africa and Sao Paulo,” said Captain Paul Ramaloko.

Sep 2010.
Elphia Dlamini, from Cape Town, is sentenced to 7 years in a UK slammer for having 3kg of coke in her bra and knickers. Dlamini, an SAA flight attendant, arrived at Heathrow in June on SAA flight SA236 from Johannesburg, when a sniffer dog, by the name of “Clever Trevor”, took a liking to her. She had cut the cocaine into 3 parcels and strapped each against her body using tape.

16 Feb 2009.
A busy first day for Chris Smyth, who was apppointed Acting Chief Executive on the 16th Feb, as following hard on the heels of the SAA 234 drug bust on the 20th Jan 2009, 15 SAA crew members (3 cockpit and 12 cabin) again on SAA234 were arrested by UK Border Agency officers in London on the 16th Feb 2009 for possession of illegal goods, after "contraband" (5kg of cocaine) was found in the crew bus at Heathrow airport. The flight landed at Heathrow at about 0700 on the 16th Feb 2009 after leaving Johannesburg on sunday evening. It has been reported that the sniffer dogs SAA intended to use after the 20 Jan drug bust, had only been used once. On the 17th Feb 2009, the crew were released on bail with instructions to return to London Heathrow police station on the 7th April 2009.

20 Jan 2009.
The entire crew of SAA 234 are arrested in London after the UK Border Agency discovered 50kg of dagga in 3 crew bags (a later search would reveal 4kg of cocaine). The crew are later released, and on the 23rd January 2009 Pulane Hlahane (responsible for screening SAA crew in Johannesburg) and Mmatshu Mothlaga (an SAA air hostess) appeared in Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on charges of corruption and fraud.

10 Apr 2006.
An SAA air hostess, Lindiwe Harriet Luthuli, is stopped by customs officials in London Heathrow's Crew Clearance Facility after arriving on SAA flight 234 from Johannesburg. Cocaine had been discovered in 2 gift bags which had been abandoned where Luthuli was seated, and on searching Luthuli's baggage dagga was found in a large cloth-wrapped package. It's understood that the entire crew were arrested and spent some 5 hours in police custody, and fingerprints were taken until Luthuli's were matched.

7 Jul 2005.
An SAA stewardess is arrested at Johannesburg International Airport (now called O.R. Tambo International Airport) after 4.5kg of cocaine was discovered in false compartments in her bag. The 27 year old female had arrived on a flight from Sao Paulo to Johannesburg.

24 Jul 2002.
An SAA pilot, Silimo Charles Sali, is arrested at Cape Town International Airport after 4.5kg of cocaine was discovered in a secret compartment in his suitcase. The 40 year old first officer's flight, SAA220 from Cape Town to London, was delayed for 2 hours.

1 May 2000.
SAA investigates allegations that its staff are involved in smuggling (of electronic goods), prostitution (both female and male attendants prostituting themselves while on foreign stopovers), money laundering and and bribery. Ninety staff are suspended, which an SAA official says represents only the "tip of the iceberg".

1997.
SAA crew are caught drug trafficking, and SAA is warned by the British Government to improve its airport security relating to drug detection, or it risks having its aircraft impounded, its licence cancelled and its aircraft banned from landing at Heathrow Airport

 

[Oppiekoffie]

Aaaahhh, its not only us - "The airline though is adamant that the problem is not isolated to SAA, but an international problem."

 

[skeptic_SA]

She'll go on to become an ambassador for SA at some obscure country. So it's all good.

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

She'll go on to become an ambassador for SA at some obscure country. So it's all good.

Nope. I don't think so. Is not like it has happened before. Or is it? Yeah, sure. The ANC is corrupt but not that corrupt. LOL

 

[noxibox]

On earth [-]In South Africa[/-] drugs are big business. No one is surprised to hear that people are [-]the ANC is[/-] involved.

Fixed that for you.

Won't be surprised if this is a major global drug traffic business run by the ANC Government. This may well be the reason they so much want to hang onto the SAA.

Glad to hear they'll be putting the airline to good use.

 

[skeptic_SA]

Nope. I don't think so. Is not like it has happened before. Or is it? Yeah, sure. The ANC is corrupt but not that corrupt. LOL

https://businesstech.co.za/news/gov...ight-attendant-and-convicted-drug-trafficker/