A suspected drug mule, who failed to appear in court has been re-arrested in Cape Town. According to Lieutenant Colonel Siyabulela Vukubi from the Hawks, 36-year old Jacques Schoeman was arrested last year in October at Cape Town International Airport with drugs worth millions of Rands in his possession.

A suspected drug mule has been re-arrested

Vukubi says the Western Cape Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) team had received information about a South African citizen who was being used as a drug mule. This person was allegedly bringing drugs into the country on a flight from Doha in that month. He says an operation was carried out, where the suspect was stopped and searched. Vukubi says cocaine with a street value of more than R2 million was found concealed in his luggage.

Drug mule had failed to appear in court

Schoeman was re-arrested on 25 February 2026. He had failed to appear in court and subsequently a warrant was issued for his arrest for failing to appear. Colonel Vukubi says Schoeman first appeared in the Bellville Magistrates Court on 10 October 2025. Six days later on 16 October 2025, he was released on bail. The bail amount was R20 000. The judge then postponed the case to 20 January 2026 but he did not appear on the day. Vukubi says Schoeman is expected to appear in court again today (26 February 2026.)