{"id":24894,"date":"2011-12-31T14:56:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T14:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/drug-mules-ashes-buried\/"},"modified":"2011-12-31T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T14:56:31","slug":"drug-mules-ashes-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/drug-mules-ashes-buried\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug mule\u2019s ashes buried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/polopoly_fs\/janicelinden-1.1206596!\/image\/880628104.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/box_300\/880628104.jpg\" alt=\"JaniceLinden\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Independent Newspapers<\/p>\n<p>Janice Linden`s house in Wentworth. Picture: Doctor Ngcobo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ashes of executed drug mule Janice Linden have been buried near her family home in Wentworth, SABC news reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Her ashes were buried at the tombstone of her mother&#8217;s grave in the area south of Durban. Her mother died last year.<\/p>\n<p>Linden was executed by lethal injection in China on December 12 after being convicted of drug smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old Durban woman was arrested in November 2008. She was found with 3kg of methamphetamine on her arrival at the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou&#8217;s airport.<\/p>\n<p>Linden maintained her innocence until her death, saying the drugs had been planted in her luggage. Both the Guangdong High Court and Supreme Court in Beijing rejected her appeal.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, an official from the international relations and co-operation department handed over the ashes to her family.<\/p>\n<p>This week, it was reported that several South African woman had been arrested for drug trafficking in different countries over December.<\/p>\n<p>The New Age newspaper reported that a young woman was arrested at Harare International Airport, Zimbabwe, having arrived on a flight from India, with two kilograms of cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Nobanda Nolubabalo was arrested in Thailand when police discovered 1.5kg of cocaine in her fake dreadlocks.<\/p>\n<p>In Mozambique, police arrested a South African woman for carrying drugs when she entered the country at Maputo International Airport on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Agence France-Presse reported that a 38-year-old South African woman was arrested for drug trafficking in Nigeria earlier in December. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/drug-mule-s-ashes-buried-1.1206597\" title=\"Drug mule\u2019s ashes buried\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drug mule\u2019s ashes buried<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Independent Newspapers Janice Linden`s house in Wentworth. 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