Rhino Horns, Drugs Worth Millions Seized at South African Airport

Officials intercepted a flight bound for São Paolo, Brazil and arrested a suspect in possession of cocaine and rhino horns estimated to be worth about U.S.$387,000 (R5 million). In a separate incident, a man was found with five rhino horns in his luggage for a flight bound for Hong Kong.

Terminal at OR Tambo International Airport (file photo).

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