An educated South African woman Nolubabalo Nobanda did not fit the police’s profile of a drug mule. Her parents sent her to one of SA’s top girl’s schools.
But on Tuesday night, 23-year-old Nobanda, who is originally from Grahamstown, was in a Thai jail where she may spend the rest of her life. She is the second South African drug mule to make international headlines this week.
On Monday, Janice Linden, 36, was executed in China. Linden was put to death for attempting to smuggle 3kg of tik (crystal methamphetamine) through Baiyun International Airport in China three years ago.
Nobanda was arrested after Thai customs officials noticed white powder in her hair. She arrived in Bangkok on a Qatar Airways flight from São Paulo in Brazil via Doha. She had cocaine wrapped in plastic packets and concealed in her synthetic dreadlocks that were attached with black yarn.
She told officials that she was meant to hand the drugs over to someone at a hotel in Bangkok. From there she was supposed to fly back to SA, where she would receive a payment of about $1,900.
Police found 1.5 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $150, 000 hidden in her dreadlocks.
She admitted to smuggling the drugs and said she was hired to deliver the cocaine to a customer at a Bangkok hotel.
Her family says they are shocked and disgraced.
I’m only mad at this chick because she is going to have these flash light security cops messing up our fabulous hair weaves claiming to be searching for drugs. And why would she let them put WHITE powder wrapped in CLEAR plastic in her hair. I mean come on it should of at least been wrapped in black plastic..
Video footage at Bangkok’s international Suvarnabhumi Airport, where the woman is being detained, show authorities separating the drugs from what appears to be artificial locks, tied into Nolubabalo’s natural hair with yarn.
This video is very sad. She is embarassed of course and knows she has ruined her life for some small change. What’s even sadder is that the world keeps it’s citizens very poor but tremendously punishes them for crimes of not greed but just trying to get money to live.
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Man to be blamed in 10…9…8…
Damn my dreds are waist length.
I used to hide weed in my fro back in high school when the cops tried to search me.
Another one executed for the same reasons, in chine, she lucky! Mxmmm our gilrls!
I admire her creativity and courage though she used dem negatively and for a very meagre fee.Its all poverty.
There’s nothing calld easy money,wasted her parents money puttn her to vasity so she can have a better 2mr n nw look at whr is at.peer presure is b**ch sum times.hope many have learnd.I’m frm S.A n I dnt feel sorry for her.she is frm a fine family n she has a degree y did she have to smuggl drugs.only she knws
She did the crime and it’s time to do the time. Not even a real dreadlock. SMDH. Burn fire.
She did the crime and it’s time to do the time. Not even a real dreadlock. SMDH. Burn fire.
Wth?
thanks kissy LOL
thanks kissy LOL
It’s hard times…can’t knock NO ONE HUstle
It’s hard times…can’t knock NO ONE HUstle
It’s hard times…can’t knock NO ONE HUstle
Ths is the work of nigerians foreigns thy r all over the strEets of SOUth AFrca influencing young ppl n promising them good thing
Its because thy promised her Dollar $$ mayb she was working 4 a NIGERIAN those ppl hv messed up our country, thy are all over the streets of SOUTH AFRICA corruptin young ppl n Students, wish the law of SA cld b strict as well…..
She had a bird and a half in her dreadz….tht was nifty but they should have used black wrap…smh
Damn 150k of fishscale in her locks
I'm mad as Hell I read kissy comment about messing with our weave that was the first thing I thought….this heffa going to have folks tucking wit my braids any probably my weave Damn…plus everyone with loss really look like criminals now Omg.
I’m mad as Hell I read kissy comment about messing with our weave that was the first thing I thought….this heffa going to have folks tucking wit my braids any probably my weave Damn…plus everyone with loss really look like criminals now Omg.
What people do for money! For the love of a woman will sell her precious body! Thoes songs say it best.
*money
She Would Have Done Better Snorting It… Now, It Prison Time Sista Girl…
This NIGERIAN ppl are messing up our country 2day in my flat thy arrested nigerians wit drugs that worth abt R2m n R80000 in cash, I wish here thy cld bring back death penalty
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