Drug trafficker from Brazil sentenced after she was caught red-handed at Cape Town International Airport attempting to smuggle 104 cocaine bullets.
A drug trafficker named Laura Adriana Nogueira de Jesus has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment with five years suspended after she was caught red-handed at Cape Town International Airport attempting to smuggle 104 cocaine bullets.
Warrant Officer Zinzi Hani of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation, The Hawks said the 33-year-old woman from Brazil had been intercepted after the Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB), the Border Management Authority and Custom Officials received a tip-off.
Hani said de Jesus had entered into a plea agreement with the state.
“Laura Adriana Nogueira de Jesus (33) was sentenced by the Bellville Regional Court on a charge of Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act after entering into a plea agreement with the State on June 24 2026,” she explained.
