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WATCH – When trafficking goes bust: The ‘slip-ups’ that foiled major drug deals

WATCH – When trafficking goes bust: The ‘slip-ups’ that foiled major drug deals
Drug trafficking is a dangerous global trade.

It can prove fatal – there have been assassinations.

In South Africa, turf from which to sell drugs from can cause fights among gangs and fuel vicious battles.

Given how cutthroat the drug trade is, we assume traffickers and their foot soldiers are exceptionally careful when plotting their illegal activities.

Read more: Blood ties: South Africa caught in a web of murderous, drug-smuggling Brazilian gangs

But this is not always the case.

Here are a few examples, with ties to South Africa, outlining drug deals that collapsed and that resulted in arrests and, in some cases, convictions.

https://youtu.be/Q6JzB8rGcQE

Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Filmed by: Bernard Kotze
Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade

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