Police have arrested an alleged drug mule and dealer, travelling on a bus on the N1 from Johannesburg to Cape Town.

Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says the 37-year-old woman was detained when the police’s K-9 unit was patrolling in the Beaufort West area and pulled over the bus for a search.

Swartbooi says the woman is expected to appear in the Beaufort West Magistrate’s Court facing drug related charges.

“The members conducted visible patrols in the vicinity of the weigh bridge outside the town where they searched suspicious vehicles. At about 07:30 they stopped a passenger bus travelling from Johannesburg to Cape Town and instructed the passengers to disembark. The police members used their trained narcotics dog, Angie, to search the luggage compartment. The dog responded positively to the presence of drugs.”