Man bust at airport with hi-tech items

27 June 2012 - 16:33
By Sapa
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A man was arrested with possibly stolen electronic goods at the Cape Town International Airport today

Captain Frederick van Wyk said the 40-year-old man had in his luggage 20 cellphones, four video cameras, two i-pods, two laptops, two digital cameras and 17 memory sticks, together worth an estimated R204,000.

Two of the cellphones and a laptop had been linked to theft cases opened in Ocean View, he said.

The man was to have flown to Nigeria via Johannesburg.