UNDERWORLD ALLIANCE: R450m cocaine plane case ties Australian smuggler to ‘Big Five cartel base’ Gauteng

2026-02-18 - 20:13

If you were on a flight from Johannesburg to Sydney in early October 2023, you may have been travelling along with a concealed R450-million cocaine consignment that connects a recently convicted Australian smuggler to several accused in Gauteng – the alleged Big Five cartel’s headquarters.