Considered a "drug queen", SIC said that the detainee is the woman who "presumably introduced more drugs into Angolan and Namibian territory" and who had as an accomplice her husband, a 40-year-old Nigerian citizen, who was also arrested.
According to the police authorities, the trafficking scheme was oriented from the couple's residence in the municipality of Cazenga, one of the most populous in Luanda, and from Brazil they provided the coordinates, in collaboration with other members of the group.
The drug was introduced into the aircraft of TAAG, a state carrier, and withdrawn, already at the international airport 4 de Fevereiro, in Luanda, with the collaboration of employees of Ghassist, a company providing services at TAAG, already detained.
"The detention of the couple occurs as a result of the ongoing investigations, which culminated in the arrest of eight Ghassist employees and another individual, who, through a duly outlined scheme, facilitated the introduction of drugs into aircraft from Brazil" , said SIC spokesman Manuel Halaiwa.
Speaking to journalists, the criminal investigation superintendent said that in the course of the investigations, "the couple has been repeatedly referred to as drug recruiters and receivers removed from the interior of the aircraft".
According to the same source, the detainee has a criminal record, namely "two criminal cases registered in 2014 and 2015".
At least 11 people, including the couple and Ghassit employees, members of this drug trafficking network are already in detention.
