Saturday, March 3, 2012

SAA drug mule jailed in UK.(News)

BYLINE: Aziz Hartley and Sapa

SAA FLIGHT attendant Elphia Dlamini, 42, caught with 3kg of cocaine in her underwear at Heathrow, has received a seven year jail sentence from a British court. But SAA has not dismissed her.

Dlamini, who had 15 years of service and who held the post of in-flight service co-ordinator, was nabbed in June when a sniffer dog picked up the scent of cocaine on her.

"This drug smuggling attempt is particularly serious because this woman has sought to abuse her position, thinking the UK Border Agency would pay less attention to airline and airport staff. That's simply not true," Peter Avery, assistant director of the criminal and …

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