Fireblade to probe leak to ANN7 TV
The Oppenheimer aviation company launches an investigation into ‘internal statements’ about the ‘green suitcase affair’
Oppenheimer aviation company Fireblade has launched an investigation into how "internal statements" about the so-called "green suitcase affair" was leaked to Gupta-owned television channel ANN7 earlier this week. Fireblade said last week "a customer who is no longer a customer", understood to be the Gupta family, had tried to load a suitcase containing "suspicious items" onto one of their aircraft last April. Several sources told Business Day and City Press the suitcase was suspected of containing diamonds. Fireblade reported the incident to the OR Tambo International Airport security cluster. The Guptas have dismissed the allegations as "fake news" and "malicious gossip". ANN7, quoting the statements, this week confirmed Fireblade staffers had spotted suspicious items when the suitcase was scanned but had identified these as "nuts". "Luggage piece number one was a big green bag filled with what seemed to be jars with different kind [sic] of nuts and wheat," Fireblade staffer Desmon...
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