The Hawks have hailed the jail term handed down against a Tanzanian man who was bust with drugs at Johannesburg's airport. Karim Mussa Kondo‚ 27‚ was recently sentenced to six years direct imprisonment by the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court for drug dealing and bribery.Durban ephedrine bust a ‘huge blow to drug dealers’: HawksGovernment says that they are serious about putting gangs out of business following a breakthrough drug bust on Friday where 140kg of ephedrine was confiscated. Kondo was arrested early this year after landing at the OR Tambo International Airport from Dar es Salaam. A search of his luggage by the Hawks team and Customs revealed that he had concealed approximately 40kg of ephedrine drugs with an estimated value of over R2.6 million.OR Tambo Airport cops nab suspected drug smugglerA woman travelling on a Zambian-issued passport is to spend the weekend behind bars after being arrested with cocaine worth almost R500 000 at OR Tambo International Airport. After the drugs were found‚ Kondo unsuccessfully tried to bribe the officials with R5‚000‚ resulting in an added charge of bribery. The national head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks)‚ Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza‚ welcomed the conviction‚ warning would-be traffickers‚ “Our eyes and ears are everywhere‚ just when you think you are home and dry‚ you will be next”.The South African Police Service and SA Revenue Service have bust numerous drug mules in the last year‚ as they work to curb continuous attempts to use the airport as a transit hub to courier drugs...