More than R1m in foreign currency, smuggled in a secret luggage compartment by a passenger at OR Tambo International Airport, has been forfeited to the state.
South Gauteng high court, the Hawks said in a statement on Monday.
Yousuf was arrested by customs authorities in February 2019 at the airport's check-in area en route to Dubai. “Upon searching his luggage, authorities discovered US$68,468 and €1,500 in a secret compartment,” said Capt Ndivhuwo Mulamu.“He was found guilty and sentenced to two years' imprisonment or a R15,000 fine by the Kempton Park magistrate's court in November last year in line with the provisions of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act,” said Mulamu.
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