"An Airport Aviation Safety officer together with SAPS detectives then boarded the aircraft and the suspect was subsequently arrested‚" he said.
Naidoo said police have made some major arrests at the airport in the past few weeks following a new revised intervention‚ meaning police at the airport were acting more proactively.
"The team tasked with this intervention‚ led by Major General Dimakatso Ndaba‚ who was appointed SAPS commander at the airport less than a month ago‚ is showing great determination‚" he said.
"These successes are the result of the intensified cooperation between the South African Police Service‚ Ekurhuleni Metro‚ airport management of OR Tambo International Airport‚ and other law enforcement agencies and government departments‚ which forms an integral part of this plan‚" Naidoo said.