PHOTO: Namibian woman, Thuli Pauline Mbangula, arrested with drugs in her belly while on Brazilian ‘baecation’ with her Nigerian boyfriend, who convinced her to smuggle the drugs by swallowing them

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Pauline Mbangula, a Namibian woman arrested in South Africa on Sunday after airport X-ray screening allegedly detected drugs in her stomach, was apparently on a Brazilian ‘baecation’ with her Nigerian lover, who convinced her to smuggle the drugs by swallowing them.

“Mbangula travelled to Brazil under the pretence of going on vacation with her so-called boyfriend. Upon arrival, he convinced her to ingest drugs, and upon returning to South Africa, she was supposed to meet someone – still unknown to the police – who would walk her through [the checkpoints],” Mashadi Selepe, also a SAPS spokesperson, told Namibian national broadcaster NBC yesterday.

‘Part of a larger syndicate’

Mbangula was arrested on Sunday morning at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg for smuggling 68 confirmed drug pellets. Acting on a tip-off, SAPS, along with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and immigration officials, were alerted to a drug mule arriving from São Paulo, Brazil, at approximately 07:25 on 22 September.