Ask that health nut friend of yours and they will more than likely bad mouth white rice until they’re red in the face.

Well, in this case at least, they would have themselves a very valid point. Full marks for effort, although the 24-year-old woman caught smuggling cocaine in rice this past weekend won’t be too impressed with how things turned out. Here’s TimesLive:

The woman was found with the rice parcel wrapped in newspaper at the Beit Bridge border gate, Musina in the Limpopo province on Friday night.

The cocaine was worth R1.6m.

Major Robert Netshiunda said this followed a joint operation by the Hawks and the SA Revenue Services in Limpopo.

Netshiunda said officers had stopped a bus which had entered the country from Malawi.

He said that a narcotics dog led the officers to a bag that belonged to the woman.

“When the Hawks searched the bag, they found a white powder mixed with rice which was wrapped in newspaper,” he said.

Netshiunda said cocaine was found in the powder.

The woman will now face a charge of dealing in drugs, with her first court appearance set for today – back to the drawing board I’m afraid.

Looks like the SAPS were all over it like white on…right, I’ll stop there.

[source:timeslive]