By Johannah Malogadihlare
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber and the Border Management Authority have welcomed the arrest of a German national, who was on Interpol’s most wanted list, at OR Tambo international.
According to BMA commissioner Michael Masiapato, he was wanted for drug trafficking and had evaded arrest for eight years.
He said the arrest happened during a routine border security operation.
Schreiber sang the praises of the BMA and the collaborative effort that led resulted in the apprehension.
“Mere days after the BMA’s signing of its latest MOU – this time with Interpol – the arrest of a German national who had been on the global most wanted list for eight years, demonstrates how the authority’s exemplary commitment to collaboration in order to overcome critical funding and staffing shortages, is restoring the rule of law and making South Africa safer,” Schreiber said in a statement on Monday.
The suspect
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