Entire South African Airways crew arrested for drug smuggling - TWICE in one month
By Sam Greenhill
Last updated at 1:59 AM on 17th February 2009
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The entire crew of a South African Airways flight has been arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling - for the second time in a month.
Fifteen members of the flight crew, including the pilot, were detained yesterday at Heathrow airport after customs officers found five kilos of cocaine in a bag.
They were being held by officers after the class A drug, with an estimated street value of £250,000, was discovered as the crew tried to clear customs following a 12-hour flight from Johannesburg.
South African Airways has stepped up security on its flights to stop smugglers

Bob Gaiger, spokesman for HM Revenue and Customs, said the drugs were found after the crew members were selected for a check as they entered the UK yesterday.
He said: 'Crew members are subject to the same customs checks as any other person when entering the UK. Those arrested are now being held in custody and will be interviewed by HMRC investigation officers.'
It is less than a month since the entire crew of another South African Airways flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow was arrested.
On January 21, ten women and five men from a Johannesburg-to-London flight were arrested after £310,000-worth of cannabis and cocaine were seized. They were bailed to return to Heathrow Police Station on March 23.
Last night Mr Gaiger said: 'It is quite amazing that it appears to have happened again. It is still very early days in our investigation.
'I expect that the crew will be questioned further tonight and tomorrow before we will know how things will develop.
'HMRC together with the UK Border Agency plays a vital role in the fight to prevent illegal drugs from entering the UK and in protecting our communities from the violence and corruption that always accompany this hideous trade.'
A spokesman for South African Airways said that an investigation had been launched last night following the arrests.
He said: 'I can confirm that the crew of the 234 Johannesburg-to-London flight that arrived yesterday morning have been detained.
'This comes following the discovery of illegal drugs in a bag, that I believe to be hand luggage that wasn't claimed.
'We are co-operating fully with the authorities and an investigation has been launched at our headquarters in Johannesburg.'
The spokesman in the UK said security measures were tightened following the embarrassment of the previous arrests.
'After last time we tightened security measures,' he said.
'We installed more security systems air-side and started using sniffer dogs.'



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So what do you have to say about that. All the South African folks that come to this forum to talk trash about Nigerians.

So much for RSA's incorruptable South Africa who can never do wrong outside the shores of their country

Next he will claim the cabin crew are Nigerians posing as SA's or say it is propaganda media by the West to destroy his country.