CAPE TOWN: According to police‚ the woman – who authorities will only name after her first court appearance – was on a flight from OR Tambo International Airport.
Police spokesman Captain Frederick van Wyk said that while searching a suitcase‚ various packages wrapped in a baby fleece blanket were found by the police’s anti-drug smuggling team.
“Upon opening these packages they found it to be tik.
“Approximately 5kg of tik with an estimated street value of R1.4-million was seized‚” he said.
The woman is due to appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.