In a statement on Wednesday, SARS spokesperson Sandile Memela said a Tanzanian man was arrested when he arrived in South Africa from Dar Es Salaam.
The suspect was carrying two pieces of luggage and an inspection “unveiled seven transparent bags containing a crystal substance that turned out to be Ephedrine, weighing 26kg with a street value of R8,1 million”.
He was handed over to police and arrested.
In the second incident, a sniffer dog “identified a consignment of abalone worth R2 million at the OR Tambo International Airport”.
Memela said the dry abalone had been hidden in plastic wrapping and weighed 577kgs.
The abalone was valued at just over R2 million and was handed over to police for further investigation.
