{A plane with a cargo of millions of South African rand has been impounded in Zimbabwe after a dead body was found on board, state-run media report.}<\/p>\n
Blood was seen dripping from the South Africa-bound cargo plane during a refuelling stop, the Herald paper said.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe’s Civil Aviation Authority said the matter had been handed over to the police to investigate.<\/p>\n
Its chief, David Chawota, said the cargo on the US-owned plane belonged to the South African Reserve Bank.<\/p>\n
A senior official at the bank, Pradeep Maharaj, said: “The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is aware of an aircraft carrying a SARB consignment that stopped in Harare and was detained following the discovery of an unidentified body that is presumed to be a stowaway on the aircraft.”<\/p>\n
The bank was working with authorities to ensure that the cargo was released and transported to South Africa, he told the BBC.<\/p>\n
The plane had been travelling from Germany to South Africa and belonged to Florida-based Western Global Airlines, Zimbabwean officials said.<\/p>\n
It had made a request to land at Zimbabwe’s Harare International Airport to refuel, they said.<\/p>\n
An airport source told the Zimbabwe Herald that after seeing the blood on Sunday airport attendants “discovered a suspended dead body in the plane”.<\/p>\n
Source:BBC:[Zimbabwe seizes plane with dead body and cash on board->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35577988]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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