Monthly Archives: August 2012

Is that a sex toy in your bag, sir?

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Colin Naidoo, airport communications and brand manager, recalls some of the strange objects that airport scanners have picked up.

Durban – From sex toys to curry powder, these are only some of the quirky items that air passengers try to sneak past security scanners at airports.

After an Egyptian couple was caught by United Arab Emirates security personnel attempting to get their baby son past security by hiding him in their hand luggage, the Sunday Tribune visited King Shaka International Airport to get a first-hand look at the luggage scanning process.

Colin Naidoo, the communications and brand manager at the airport, confirmed that they do pick up some strange items on the X-ray machines at security check points.

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Family overjoyed by Chad’s golden moment

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Durban – There were no words to describe the euphoria of Chad le Clos’s family and over a hundred fans last night when the Durban swimming star beat the odds to win the men’s 200m butterfly race by a split second and give SA its second gold medal of the Olympic Games.

Chad’s older brother Justin and sister, Bianca Matos, along with extended family and friends, all in supporters’ T-shirts were at the Stella Sports Club in the Durban suburb of Glenwood to watch his race. Chad’s little brother Jordan, 14, was with his parents Geraldine and Bert at the Olympics.

Four accused of rape in cop shop toilet

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Three police officers and a clerk have pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the rape of a woman in the toilet of a police station and the filming of it.

Theodore Syster, Jaede Fillies, Beverly Carelse and Theo van Wyk – appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.

The State alleges that on June 15, 2010 Syster raped the woman in a toilet at Elsies River police station after he and Fillies “kidnapped” her and her boyfriend.

Fillies had allegedly filmed part of the ordeal on a cellphone.

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